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THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH I MONDAY I 22 JULY 2019 deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Vol. 82 No. 202 Established 1938 | 32 PAGES | `4.00 WEATHER Max: 31.6OC O Mamata claims threat Min: 24.4 C RH: 61% R’fall: Traces Forecast: Cloudy sky. from Central agencies Rain, thundershowers likely. Max/Min 31/25ºC ■ ‘Want Trinamul leaders to join the BJP’

RAJIB CHOWDHURI | DC (martyrs’ day) rally ASTROGUIDE KOLKATA, JULY 21 organised by her party in remembrance of the kil- Vikari; Dakshinayana West Bengal Chief Minis- ling of 13 Youth Congress Tithi: Ashada Bahula ter Mamata Banerjee on workers in the police fir- Panchami till 2.02 pm Sunday complained that ing on July 21, 1993 dur- the BJP government in ing Left rule when she Star: Purvabhadra till New Delhi was misusing was still in the Congress. 10.23 am Central investigative One MLA con- This was the first major fessed to me of Varjyam: 9.06 pm to agencies to threaten her political rally she has MPs, MLAs and other getting an offer from addressed since the Lok 10.53 pm party leaders. the BJP of `2 crore Sabha results were Durmuhurtam: 12.48 pm “A while back Shatabdi and a petrol pump. declared. (Trinamul MP) told me Rubbishing the prospe- to 1.40 pm; 3.23 pm to — Mamata Banerjee, 4.14 pm that the Enforcement ct of an end to her rule in Directorate had sum- WB Chief Minister the next Assembly elec- Rahukalam: 7.30 am moned her again. She is tions in the state in 2021, to 9 am not alone, however. Ms Banerjee on Sunday HIJRI CALENDAR Prosenjit and Rituparna are told). I know of a per- challenged the BJP to (actors) have been called son, who is under arrest fight like she had done Ziqaad 18,1440 AH also along with others. now, who has been asked against the CPM regime PRAYERS Many more are there. to take the name of an for 34 years before dream- Calling them, they are influential politician to ing of coming to power in Fajar: 4.44 am told to contact some BJP implicate him,” the the state. Zohar: 12.32 pm leaders. They are threat- Trinamul supremo said Asar: 4.55 pm ened with arrest if they at the 26th anniversary of ■ Page 7: BJP LS win a Maghrib: 6.59 pm do not follow (what they the mega Shaheed Divas mystery, says Mamata Isha: 8.13 pm SUNSET TODAY 5.52 PM SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.53 AM For HDK, it’s the ISRO SET FOR MOONRISE TOMORROW 10.29 PM MOONSET TODAY 8.32 AM final countdown 2.43 PM MOON COUNTER POINT LAUNCH TODAY DC CORRESPONDENT BENGALURU, JULY 21 ■ In a late-night PATHRI RAJASEKHAR I DC development former NELLORE, JULY 21 With the 15 rebel Cong- ress and Janata Dal CM and Congress The countdown com- (Secular) legislators now leader Siddaramaiah menced at 6.43 pm on camping in Mumbai is learnt to have Sunday for the launch of asserting that they had the Chandrayaan-2 mis- no plans of returning to said no to the CM sion from the spaceport Bengaluru to take part in post which the JD(S) at Sriharikota, Nellore. the voting on the crucial reportedly offered The mission is scheduled confidence motion mov- him in an attempt to to take off on a GSLV-Mk ed by Chief Minister III rocket at 2.43 pm on H.D. Kumaraswamy in placate the rebels. Monday from the Satish the Legislative Assem- Dhawan Space Centre. bly, the prospects of the Sources said a launch Congress-JD(S) coalition dence motion, hoping to rehearsal had been taken government winning the get some relief from the up on Saturday and was trust vote on Monday Supreme Court giving successful. The Launch look pretty bleak. them more time to win Authorisation Board The coalition has, how- back the unrelenting gave the green signal for Heavy rain till ever, still not given up rebel lawmakers. the launch at a meeting hope with reports doing Assembly Speaker K.R. held at the Sriharikota July 25: IMD the rounds that a Ramesh Kumar had on range (Shar) on Sunday. Hyderabad: The India Congress CM replacing Friday adjourned the Meteorological Depart- Mr Kumaraswamy (may- trust vote proceedings to ■ Report on Page 2 ment has extended the be Congress legislature Monday after the coali- heavy rain warning till party leader Siddara- tion ignored two dead- July 25. The first warning maiah) is the latest idea lines set by Governor was to have ended on under consideration to Vajubhai Vala to com- PROBE WILL Tuesday. On Sunday win over the rebels. plete the proceedings on Adilabad, Nirmal, Jagtial There are also reports Friday itself. and Warangal recorded that the government DEPEND ON over 10 cm rainfall at may try to prolong the ■ Page 7: Sidda name some places. Heavy rain discussion on the confi- floated to fool us: Rebels is expected in the city CREW: IRAN after July 23. The city remained mostly cloudy Tehran, July 21: Iran and some areas experi- said on Sunday that the enced drizzles on J&K GOV WANTS MILITANTS speed of its investigation Sunday. into a British-flagged TO SHOOT CORRUPT NETAS tanker depends on the YUSUF JAMEEL | DC have looted the state. cooperation of its crew, Toddler dies in SRINAGAR, JULY 21 “...The boys who have after ignoring calls to picked up guns are hand back the vessel. house collapse Jammu and Kashmir unnecessarily killing The tanker was impou- Governor Satya Pal their own people... Why nded at Bandar Abbas Hyderabad: A 14-month- Malik on Sunday are you killing them... after the Islamic Revolu- old toddler died when stirred up another con- kill those who have tionary Guard Corps the roof of his house col- troversy by asking mili- looted your country... seized it on Friday. Its lapsed on him and his tants to spare police- those who have looted crew is made up of 18 mother while they were men and ordinary peo- the whole wealth of Indians, including the sleeping on Sunday ple but kill those politi- Kashmir.” captain, three Russians, morning in Sitaphalmadi. cians and bureaucrats a Latvian and a Filipino. R. Geetansh died before who are corrupt and ■ Report on Page 6 he reached the hospital. ■ Report on Page 10 His mother Swathi had a head injury. Police said the building collapsed due to the rain in the last 2 minors abducted, 1 raped couple of days.

■ Report on Page 4 DURGA PRASAD SUNKU | DC girl who was crying and and 8 years, who were HYDERABAD, JULY 21 handed him over to the playing in front of their police. This led to the relatives’ house in INSIDE Alert local residents arrest of the other rapist. Singareni Colony under helped police arrest two The girl was allegedly police station ■ CITY... PAGE 3 persons who kidnapped raped by both men. limits on Saturday. Streets erupt in Bonalu two girls of 11 years and Saidabad police arrested Saidabad inspector eight years old to an old both men and sent them K.V.L. Narasimha Rao festival fervour building at Saidabad and to judicial remand on said, “They lured the ■ POLITICS... PAGE 5 raped the elder child on Sunday. girls on the pretext of Saturday evening. The According to Saidabad showing them a movie.” KCR sends TRS leaders people caught one of the police, Dasru, 25, and on inauguration spree men coming out of the Mothilala, 28, abducted ■ Page 4: Alert guards, building along with the two girls aged 11 years locals saw girl crying

HIGHER | STUDIES ■ Chance for students to pursue second course UGC for multiple degrees at one go New Delhi, July 21: ■ The 2012 committee head- Students might soon be This is not the first time the ed by then UoH V-C able to pursue multiple UGC is examining the issue. It Furqan Qamar had recom- degrees simultaneously had set up a committee in mended that a student from different universities 2012 as well but ultimately the enrolled in a degree pro- or the same university, gramme under regular with the University Grants idea was junked. mode may be allowed to Commission studying the pursue a maximum of one feasibility of the idea. distance mode, online same but ultimately the additional degree pro- The UGC has set up a mode or part time mode. idea was junked. gramme simultaneously panel headed by its Vice- However, this is not the “The panel set up last under open or distance Chairman Bhushan Pat- first time the commission month met once. Now, con- mode from the same or a wardhan to examine the is examining the issue. The sultations are being held different university. issue of pursuing two UGC had set up a commit- with different stakeholders degree programmes simul- tee in 2012 as well and con- to explore the feasibility of ■ Page 7: Demand for taneously either through sultations were held on the the idea,” an official said. double degrees, says UGC Old order PAGE Uttam Kumar Reddy says Congress is against cancellation of village revenue City 2 officers system by the government DECCAN CHRONICLE MONDAY | 22 JULY 2019 | HYDERABAD TARGET TRANSPARENCY Due to mental pressure, Digi house numbering 2,470 Indians died in Gulf DURGA PRASAD SUNKU | Only the BJP has DC the power to work is back on track HYDERABAD, JULY 21 Smallest state stop the monarchy A total of 2,470 Indians ■ GHMC calls for fresh tenders for third time in 3 years emigrants died in the Gulf of KCR countries this year, as per gets many plaints MADDY DEEKSHITH I DC official records. Experts — D.K. Aruna HYDERABAD, JULY 21 ■ THE GHMC project will not only bring trans- DEPARTMENTS TO blamed mental pressure DC CORRESPONDENT fare activist from Kuwait, parency in property tax collection but will also on the workers, deplor- HYDERABAD, JULY 21 who has helped many Ind- BJP leader The GHMC has once able living conditions and ians return home, said, again decided to imple- enhance accountability of bill collectors. BE LINKED WITH extreme temperatures for The most number of com- “In Kuwait, many Indians ment its digital house ■ OFFICIALS SAID that the project is a one- the deaths. plaints from overseas come for work on a work SPEAK OUT numbering project in PROJECT AFTER ’20 According to official Indian workers emanates visa. If they have differ- order to bring transpa- stop solution where electricity and water bills data Saudi Arabia regis- from Kuwait. Some 2,377 ences with the company’s rency. can be collected accurately. DC CORRESPONDENT tered the highest number complaints were received owners they will face a lot After keeping the proj- HYDERABAD, JULY 21 of deaths at 1,076 followed from Indians working till of problems. If he leaves POOR ROADS ect in cold storage for Numbering project. A crore during the first by the UAE (736), Kuwait May. From Saudi Arabia, the firm on his own with- three years, officials h-ve geo-tagging based seven financial year after exe- The digital house num- (282). Oman (195), Bahrain there were 2,244 com- out being paid a number onths have passed by now decided to invite fre- digit code was finalised. cution. Bogus voters will bering project announ- (93) and Qatar (88) till May plaints as per government of cases will be booked but roads sh tenders and complete This project was also also be identified and ced by Chief Minister K. 30. records. against him like theft, Mremain unattended. it within six months. shelved. deleted. Chandrasekhar Rao in P. Basanth Reddy, presi- Activists working for debt case.” For a 10-minute route, it takes Officials claimed that The GHMC has made A senior GHMC official the Assembly covers the dent of the emigrants’ welfare say Mr Reddy added that at least 40 minutes to travel due the GHMC project will several unsuccessful said the corporation now 128 municipalities and 12 Gulf Migrants Welfare the reason for the large like the Police Clearance to the bad condition of the not only bring trans- attempts to increase its hopes to successfully corporations other than Association, said, “Every number of complaints is Certificate issued to Ind- road, making commuters’ life parency in property tax property tax collection. revive the project. He the GHMC and would be day we find people com- the many active organisa- ian passport applicants hell. collection but will also In 2016, it embarked on a said that it had identified slightly different from mitting suicide in the tions in Kuwait which and passport holders by a — Srinivas Bellam, enhance the accountabil- “tsunami survey” for the that property taxes were what is being implement- Gulf. They were taking help Indians lodge com- government agency or the Hyderabad ity of bill collectors. re-verification of 1 lakh being paid by only 14 ed in the city. this extreme step mainly plaints and fight on their police department, to cer- The digital house num- non-residential proper- lakh out of the estimated The project will not be due to mental pressure. behalf. tify that the applicant has bers will be integrated ties paying less than 20 lakh households in the linked to other depart- This issue had to be Kuwait also has the no criminal record, the ADS EVERYWHERE with the database of all `1,200 in property tax. It city due to inaccurate ments for at least two addressed at the grass- most number of workers cops or a central agency city departments for did not produce signifi- house-numbering. financial years due to the root level,” he said. who registered for repa- should be established to accuracy. cant results as bill collec- He said that the corpo- ongoing upgradation of If the government had triation in embassies/ check and verify whether ne morning when I was The project, when pro- tors were found to be ration hopes to earn an panchayats and nagar provided skills training consulates. A total of the migrants going to taking a walk near the posed three years ago, working with property additional `600 crore this panchayats. Besides, the to the men in rural areas, 2,330 requests for repatri- work at a particular com- OTank Bund, I was did not materialise as a owners to indulge in financial year through revenue and other depar- they wouldn’t have gone ation were filed in Kuwait pany have any criminal shocked to see banners adver- dispute between bidders irregularities. Besides, the implementation of tmental records in rural to the Gulf. followed by 1,138 in Qatar, history in the past and tising an event put up at the led to a court case. When lack of co-ordination the digital house-num- parts are more compli- He said ofttimes 15 1,104 in Saudi Arabia, 665 whether it is fake or not. railings in front of the Buddha the GHMC invited ten- from other line depart- bering system, from cated and data purifica- migrants were crammed in Oman, and 285 in President of the Emi- statue. We Hyderabadis are ders a second time, it did ments and political inter- about 6 lakh residential tion has to be taken up. in one room. They were Bahrain. grants’ Welfare Forum, proud of this statue and like to not have any takers. ference forced the GHMC and non-residential prop- In the urban local bod- forced to live in unhealthy Most of the complaints M.M. Bheem Reddy, said, draw a comparison between The corporation once to put the project in cold erties that are evading ies, the project would conditions which affected received from Indian wo- “Kuwait is a very small this statue and the Statue of again floated tenders in storage. Officials said property taxes. provide a digital-friendly their self-esteem. rkers are regarding non- country. However, there Liberty in New York. Will New 2017 and took up a pilot that the project is a one- The official said that and future-proof address Mr G. Muralidhar Reddy, payment of salary, denial are many Indian associa- Yorkers ever tolerate banners project in stop solution where elec- the process involves tak- system for faster and bet- social welfare activist of legitimate labour tions there helping to of any kind being affixed to the under the Unique Smart tricity and water bills ing high-resolution satel- ter access to services fr- from Kuwait, said, “They rights and benefits, non- bring out these issues and precincts of the statue? Addressing Solution for can be collected accurate- lite images, processing om the government and have to stay in camps pro- issuance/ renewal of resi- lodge complaints.” Urban Dwellings. ly. The properties would them to identify individ- private sectors. Once the vided by the companies. dence permits, non-pay- According to official — S.N. Krishna, In 2018, it decided to be integrated with the ual properties followed project is completed, The hospital facility is ment/ grant of overtime documents, there are 42 Hyderabad link the Aadhaar card revenue department. by field verification by every household in areas rare. Many of those who allowance, weekly holi- Indian officers and 202 with digital house num- This apart, property tax teams comprising GIS under all urban local died couldn’t reach the days, longer working Indian staff deployed in bers and named the proj- collection will be personnel and tax inspec- bodies will have a unique hospital in time.” hours, refusal to grant 11 missions and posts in NO MANNERS ect Aadhaar-Digital Door increased by at least `600 tors. DDNs with QR code. Many people died in exit/ re-entry permits for the Gulf countries, assist- vehicle accidents as they visit to India, refusal to ed by 354 local employees. visit Nampally Public were not familiar with the allow the worker on final The ministry of external Garden, every weekend. traffic rules in the Gulf. exit visa after completion affairs regularly reviews People passing urine on of their contracts, non- the requirement of man- I MUSLIMS ROPED ■ walls, on benches and stairs is WORK IN PROGRESS ■ SAUDI ARABIA provision of medical and power at various levels in a very common view. I try my registered the highest insurance facilities, and missions and posts best and request them not to IN TO TAKE UP not being paid compensa- abroad as well as at the pass urine in public. It does not number of deaths tion upon death. headquarters, and takes only make them uncomfort- SOCIAL WORK at 1,076 followed by Speaking to Deccan appropriate action as per able, it also causes inconvience the UAE (736) and Chronicle Mr G. Mura- the requirement, added to others. I would like to lidhar Reddy, social wel- an official. request everyone through this J.S. IFTHEKHAR I DC Kuwait (282). newspaper to have basic eti- HYDERABAD, JULY 21 quette in public. CASE STUDY 1 CASE STUDY 2 A concerted effort is on — Syed Sadiq Jafar by some Muslims in the Ms D. Tejaswaini’s husband Prasad got Ms N. Swarupa Rani lost Hussain, city to address in a sys- New tematic way the socio- stuck in Kuwait following a difference her husband in the Gulf economic issues facing between him and the owner of the company two years ago and is sin- the community. he worked for. Prasad left the job and glehandedly raising her GROWING TRAFFIC Educated, well-to-do Muslims are being roped wants to return to India and is running children, a son in Class 10 would like to draw the atten- in to take up the cause of around to get the required clearances. Ms and a daughter who is suf- tion of the roads and build- the less fortunate as part Tejaswaini told Deccan Chronicle over the fering with heart problems Iings department, SCB, of their religious obliga- and has undergone two GHMC and Indian Railways tion. phone that she has two small children and towards the Road Under Bridge In at least three her husband left for Kuwait a year and a surgeries. Her husband connecting Doveton , Muslim populated areas The work of the under-construction Road Under Bridge connecting Nagarjunasagar half ago. “When my husband met with an Satyam Reddy died on (opposite to of , Rasoolp- Ring Road with which is at a brisk pace is expected to provide a big accident and had some health issues, the February 23, 2017, at the Janapriya Bungalows) and ura and Bazaar Ghat, a relief to the motorists. — P. SURENDRA . The road has become household survey is company owner never gave him leave and age of 42. Ms Swarupa very busy in recent times being carried out to find on top of that he insisted my husband come Rani told Deccan owing to many schools and col- out the living condi- to work. Following which he left the job.” Chronicle: “I have a lot of leges that are located in tions, educational and Suchitra and Alwal. The Road health status of Since then he has been trying to return to doubts about his death. Under Bridge is unable to han- Muslims. Grains like millet, maize less India. She is doing odd jobs for a living. While he was leaving India dle the growing traffic with The idea is to empower "We have a lot of debts. He wanted to work he didn’t have health prob- changing times. Lorries to and emancipate the poor for a year and come back and clear all his lems. The day before he buses and tractors, all end up and underprivileged queuing and have to wait for members of the commu- sensitive to climate change debts. I don’t have enough money to feed died he spoke to me and traffic at each end to clear or nity through education. my children. I request the concerned offi- said he would be returning make way alternatively and The Bengaluru-based ANURAG I DC that crops are adapted to a ern consumers to partial- cials to help my husband to come back,” in two days.” She said her periodically. Absence of any National Centre for Res- HYDERABAD, JULY 21 wide range of tempera- ly supplement or replace traffic controller on this road earch and Development tures, moisture-regimes their daily needs with mil- she said. Mr Prasad said, “I came to Kuwait husband told her that he adds to the woes. It is also evi- (NCRD), which is suc- A new study states that and input conditions, sup- let-based healthy alterna- in May last year and got stuck here. was facing problems at dent that no traffic controller cessfully carrying out coarse grains such as mil- plying food and feeding tives.” The company owner used to torture me. work. She said her daugh- would be able to handle the similar work in different let and maize can help the millions of dryland farm- The available forms of ter had undergone two ever-growing traffic seeing the parts of Karnataka, has food supply chain adapt to ers, particularly in the millets are minor millets When I met with an accident on the present scenario. It’s high time come forward to guide climate change. developing nations like such as foxtail millet, lit- company premises, he didn’t pay my hospi- heart surgeries and the that the underpass is widened and train the Hyder- In a study published in India. tle millet, kodo millet, tal charges.” He said the employer had son also had health issues. immediately and help in abadi Muslims in addre- Environmental Research Dr J. Lakshmi, professor proso millet and barnyard denied him a month’s salary. “I was not Kuwait-based social wel- smooth passage of vehicles. A ssing issues in a profes- Letters, alternative grains at the Acharya N.G. Ranga millet. few days of hardship to com- sional manner. such as millet, maize, Agricultural University The major millets are even given helpers for doing the work. I left fare activist G. Muralidhar mute will be fruitful for long Mr U. Nisar Ahmed, pearl millet and sorghum said, “The demand for sorghum (great millet), the job two months ago along with two Reddy said the govern- run. I hope that departments retired inspector gener- were not only found to be millets has steadily incre- bajra (pearl millet) and other helpers. Since then I have been roam- ment should provide such mentioned above can avert the al of police, Karnataka, less sensitive to change in ased in the last three yea- ragi (finger millet). worst to come in future. They and chairman, NRCD, climate but also more sus- rs. In order to introduce Researchers working in ing around the offices to get clearances to families medical aid, edu- must widen the underpasses recently addressed a tainable given the rising these ancient grains back the field of millets say come back home,” Mr Prasad said, cation and rehabilitation, for easy and free flow of the group of masjid commit- unpredictability of mon- into the mainstream, mil- that consumption of mil- adding that he had been denied help to set up small busi- traffic. tee members and volun- soons. lets need to be made avail- lets can help the modern the akama nesses or provide employ- — Krishna Moorthy, teers at Red Hills to Research at the Indian able in fun, tasty, and easy world fight several ail- Hyderabad motivate them to join Institute of Millet Rese- to cook products that are ments and lifestyle dis- (working permit).” ment. community service. arch in the city has shown convenient to use for mod- eases.

FIRE OF APATHY MISSION | MOON ■ Despite delay in launch, Chandrayaan-2 to land on Sept. 7, as per first plan Chandrayaan-2 launch rehearsal successful DC CORRESPONDENT ■ orbit that is 170 km above NELLORE, JULY 21 Countdown for the presti- Earth at its closest and AP EDUCATION MINISTER WANTS gious Mission commenced 39,120 km at its farthest. The countdown commen- at 6.43 pm on Sunday and A series of manoeuvres ALL STUDENTS TO SEE LAUNCH ced at 6.43 pm on Sunday the launch will take place will them be carried out to for the launch of the raise its orbit and put DC CORRESPONDENT ■ All schools are told to Chandrayaan-2 mission after 20 hours at 2.43 pm on Chandrayaan-2 on a Lunar VIJAYAWADA, JULY 21 from the spaceport at Monday. Transfer Orbit to travel set up digital classes, Sriharikota, Nellore dis- the 3.54 lakh km distance Minister for education virtual classes, TVs and trict. The mission is sched- ■ The lander-Vikram will to the moon. Adimulapu Suresh ord- other media platforms uled to take off on a GSLV- finally land near South Pole On entering the moon’s ered the Andhra Pradesh to see the launch. Mk III rocket at 2.43 pm on of the Moon on Sep 7, 2019. sphere of influence, on- education officials to Monday from the Satish board thrusters will slow make arrangements for all Dhawan Space Centre. down the spacecraft. The the students to watch the media platforms to watch Sources said a launch Sriharikota range (Shar) July 15 was called off due Chandrayaan-2 will enter Chandrayan-2 launch on the launch by the Indian rehearsal had been taken on Sunday. Isro chairman to a helium leak. into a circular orbit arou- Monday at 2.43 pm in all Space Research Organisa- up on Saturday and was Dr K. Sivan reached Chandrayaan-2, which nd the moon at a height of the schools in the state. tion (Isro), explainning Tired of the negligence of the GHMC, residents set dried branch- successful. Sriharikota and is closely includes an orbiter, the 100 km above the lunar He further ordered all the importance of the his- es on fire. The GHMC failed to clear the branches which had fall- The Launch Authorisat- monitoring the launch lander Vikram and the surface. The day of land- the headmasters and prin- toric mission by India. en following heavy rain at various places in , hindering ion Board gave the green preparations. rover Pragyan, is sched- ing, September 7, is expe- cipals of the schools to set He also suggested to use signal for the launch at a The first attempt to uled to be injected into a cted to stay unchanged up digital classes, virtual https://www.isro.gov.in/c the traffic flow and putting public to inconvenience. — DC meeting held at the launch the mission on highly elliptical ‘parking’ despite the delay. classes, TVs and other handrayaan2-home link. New beginning PAGE Harish Rao inaugurates PG College building in Siddipet, which comes City 3 under purview of Osmania University DECCAN CHRONICLE MONDAY | 22 JULY 2019 | HYDERABAD

Doctors should visit a school every week, counsel kids on unhealthy diet — M. Venkaiah Naidu Vice-President IN BRIEF Rape victim coming out COPS TURN A BLIND Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (above) carries bonam to the Ujjaini EYE AS HAWKERS Mahankali temple in Secunderabad on Sunday. (Right) Animal husbandry and cine- crying alerted guards matography minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav and Congress MP Revanth Reddy ENCROACH ROAD greet each other during the procession. DC CORRESPONDENT the Shiva-Ganga the- ing. They stopped and DURGA PRASAD SUNKU I DC HYDERABAD, JULY 21 atre in Saidabad. questioned Mothilal, HYDERABAD JULY 21 Later, the duo took the but he did not respond. Alert local residents girls into an old build- The girl then narrated Even though the stretch of the helped police arrest ing opposite the the- her ordeal. People road from Andhra Bank to Streets erupt in fervour as two persons who kid- atre. There, Mothilal thrashed Mothilal and Kacheguda crossroads, through napped two girls of 11 and Dasru raped the handed him over to Badi Bazaar, is a non-vending years and eight years 11-year-old girl.” police. zone or red zone, hawkers hap- old to an old building Dasru later left the Mothilal then con- pily do business here. at Saidabad and raped old building premises fessed that Dasru was Residents say the encroach- Bonalu festivities begin the elder child on with the eight-year- waiting behind the ment makes it difficult for them Saturday evening. old-girl, police said. building with the to commute. They had asked Saidabad inspector When Mothilal and eight-year-old girl. the traffic police to clear the K.V.L. Narasimha Rao the 11-year-old girl Police rushed there, illegal encroachment and free ■ Security tightened as CM, ministers join devotees said, “They lured the were coming out from nabbed the man and the road, but no action has been girls on the pretext of the building, security took custody of the taken. RAJESWARI PARASA | DC showing them a movie guards at the theatre girl. She was Mr Y. Dayakar from HYDERABAD, JULY 21 and kidnapped them and some members of unharmed and the Inderbagh said traders and res- on Saturday at about 6 the audience noticed police handed her over idents were among those who Lakhs of devotees went to pm. They took them to that the girl was cry- to her parents. have complained to the traffic Mahankali temples across police. He said hawkers and the state to celebrate Bonalu. push-cart vendors block the The state festival was ush- road to the extent that com- ered in at the Ujjaini muters are unable to use it. Mahankali temple at He added that though there Secunderabad on Sunday. were no restrictions on two- Chief Minister K. wheelers and four wheelers, Chandrasekhar Rao present- they were scared to enter the ed pattu vastras and offered road fearing the traffic jam prayers to the goddess along caused by the hawkers. The with his family. He was wel- width of the road was comed by temple officials increased from 28 feet to 68 feet and minister Talasani after the Metro Rail pillars Srinivas Yadav into the sanc- were erected. tum sanctorum. Mr Ramakrishna, another Thousands of women devo- resident of Inderbagh, said, tees stood for long hours in “The hawkers are occupying queues to offer bonam the road and making it difficult (cooked rice with jaggery in Devotees take out a procession carrying bonam (Above) to the Ujjaini Mahankali temple in for commuters. When the traf- a pot). Devotees turned up Secunderabad on Sunday. (Below) Union minister of state for home G. Kishan Reddy accom- fic police arrives, somehow from Andhra Pradesh, panies his wife Kavya. — S. SURENDER REDDY they get the information about Maharashtra and Karnataka it and clear the roads. After the as well. Over 2,500 police per- rains in the state.” policemen leave, they are back sonnel including bomb- Union minister of state for to blocking the roads. We have detection squads were home G. Kishan Reddy and been complaining about this to deployed and 2,000 CCTV his wife Kavya, several min- the authorities concerned, but cameras placed for security. isters, MPs, MLAs and other in vain.” Endowments minister officers had darshan of the Mr Sashi Bushan, general sec- Allola Indrakaran Reddy goddess on the occasion retary of the Sultan Bazaar said, “Bonalu is a very spe- Government allotted about Association, said, “Earlier, cial festival for the people of `15 crore for the festival, and there used to be only 60 hawk- Telangana and this is the many civic departments ers but recently the number has reason why the state has were roped in to make increased to approximately 600. recognised this festival as arrangements for the devo- We have been time and again the state festival. With the tees. complaining to the officials blessings of the goddess, we Despite a traffic advisory about the menace of hawkers were able to finish the put out well in advance, but in vain. After the construc- Kaleshwaram project and there were traffic jams on tion of the Metro pillars began, have prayed to the goddess Mahatma Gandhi Road near the number of hawkers has that there should be good the Paradise crossroads. increased.” Mr K.G. Kandlikar, general secretary of the Bhagyanagar Hawkers’ Association, believes MAN GIVEN `8L that the issue is being hyped Kavitha makes first public and denies that it is a no-hawk- FOR BOTCHED ing zone. “It is not a red zone, it is a free zone. Hawkers are PILES SURGERY not encroaching on the road. As appearance after poll loss the Metro construction is ongo- ing, residents in the area are Hyderabad, July 21: A feeling uncomfortable. Once DC CORRESPONDENT 31-year-old yoga instruc- the construction is done, every- HYDERABAD, JULY 21 tor, who suffered thing will come back to nor- “severe” health compli- mal,” he said. Telangana Rashtra cations following an Inspector N. Neraja of Sultan Samiti’s former MP alleged botched up piles Bazaar traffic police station Kalvakuntla Kavitha, surgery at a private hos- said, “We have been conducting who is also daughter of pital in Secunderabad, drives and booking cases on the Chief Minister K. was on Sunday handed hawkers and push-cart vendors Chandrashekar Rao, was over a cheque of `8 lakh, who were encroaching the the centre of attraction awarded as compensa- roads. Last month alone, 145 at the Bonalu festivities tion by the state con- cases have been booked under on Sunday. sumer forum. Section 39(B) for illegally occu- Ms Kavitha was mak- The victim had moved pying the roads.” ing a rare public appear- the consumer forum on ance after her defeat in June 29, alleging med- ■ Residents say that the the Lok Sabha election ical negligence by a doc- encroachment makes it from Nizamabad in May. tor at the clinic. She took part in the shob- In its verdict, the difficult for them to com- ha yatra along with thou- forum had ordered the mute. They had asked sands of women devo- compensation to the vic- the traffic police to clear tees. tim through the clinic The procession started within a month, an offi- the illegal encroachment at Aadaiahnnagar and cial release said. and free the road, but no wound its way to the Former TRS MP Kalvakuntla Kavitha joins the Bonalu Commissioner for action has been taken. Ujjaini Mahankali tem- procession from Audaiahnnagar to Ujjaini Mahankali Civil Supplies Akun ple. temple on Sunday. — S. SURENDER REDDY Sabharwal handed over the cheque to the victim. The man, who hails ■ from a poor background ANIMAL | RESCUE Local residents feed bovine till help arrived and is the sole bread winner of his family had developed piles problem and approa- Cow stuck in ditch for 3 days ched the clinic in 2018. He was asked to under- go a surgery, which cost `25,000. But, soon after ANURAG | DC ■ Local residents looked scared and anx- being discharged, he HYDERABAD, JULY 21 ious.” suffered severe bleeding said that they were The volunteers dug and went back to the Residents of and feeding the cow around the ditch on same hospital for treat- volunteers from a city- grass, chapatis and Saturday and made an ment. The doctors based animal welfare opening for the cow to referred him to another group rescued a cow water. walk out. hospital for treatment. which fell into a 12-foot ■ Because it was “Our volunteers start- He spent `18 lakh ditch three days ago. ed digging at about 5 in towards medical expens- Residents said that large in size, they the evening and we es for which he had to they were feeding the could not take it were able to take out the sell his small piece of cow grass, chapatis and out without heavy cow at about 11 pm. We land and also borrowed water. Because it was didn't use any crane or money from others, the large in size, they could equipment. mechanical instrument release said. — PTI not take it out without because it would have heavy equipment. a hole from the last scared the cow and ■ The victim moved Mr Dattatreya Joshi of three days. We reached caused it more injuries. the consumer the People for Animals the spot with our volun- It has been shifted to an forum alleging med- (PFA), said, “We teers Taqvi, Mirza, emergency rescue home It took the PFA volunteers six hours to received a call saying Gopal reddy and Begum Bazaar, Mr ical negligence by rescue the cow from the hole. that a cow was stuck in Abhinav. The cow Joshi said. the doctor . Hard campaign PAGE Additional commissioner Shika Goel says SHE Teams conducted awareness City 4 campaigns on child sex abuse in colleges DECCAN CHRONICLE MONDAY | 22 JULY 2019 | HYDERABAD AP youth swindles TWO TS RESIDENTS 14-month-old dies after DIE IN MISHAP `62 cr from public IN SAUDI ARABIA DC CORRESPONDENT roof collapses on him JAYENDRA T. ■ Police said Raghav MANCHERIAL, JULY 21 Youth and women CHAITANYA | DC floated four compa- HYDERABAD, JULY 21 Two persons identified as will be given more ■ Mother, two others in the house, escape with injuries nies, one of them Uppu Srinu of Rotigudem of importance in the A man from Andhra with branches in sev- Jannaram mandal and DURGA PRASAD SUNKU Pradesh is suspected to eral places in Nampalli Raju of Gudirevu of municipal elections | DC have siphoned off over `62 Telangana state and Dandepalli mandal of HYDERABAD JULY 21 crore from traders under Mancherial district died in a — Mallu Ravi the pretext of investing the AP, including one at road accident that took place A 14-month-old toddler money in government- in Saudi Arabia on Sunday Congress leader in died when the roof of approved projects in the Hyderabad. afternoon. his house collapsed on two Telugu states. It is learnt that they had him and his mother According to sources, T. gone to Saudi Arabia on a IN while they were sleeping Raghav of Guntur, who is visit visa in search of a job BRIEF on Sunday morning in doing his Chartered also took personal loans in and were staying there illegal- Sitaphalmadi. The tod- Accountancy, wanted to the names of his “employ- ly. It is said that bringing their dler, R. Geetansh, died start a firm. He forged a ees and partners” and used bodies to the native village in MAN HELD FOR before he reached the certificate and showed it to the money to clear the Mancherial was difficult as hospital. His mother had his friends to pretend that debts taken from others. their visas had expired. TRYING TO STEAL a head injury. he had cleared the CA “He borrowed from sever- It is said that their families Geetansh was the only examinations. al banks and individuals have approached the govern- CCTV CAMERAS son of R. Raju Yadav and Police said Raghav float- and invested the money ment for help to bring the bod- Swathi who are dairy ed four companies, one of into various businesses ies back. DC CORRESPONDENT farmers. them with branches in sev- including trading, and lost HYDERABAD, JULY 21 According to the eral places in Telangana heavily. To pay back the police, continuous rain state and AP, including one money, he borrowed loans IN LOVING MEMORY OF A function hall employee was in the past couple of at Madhapur in and rotated the money,” arrested by the Maljakgiri days led to the collapse Hyderabad. He allegedly sources said. police for allegedly stealing of the roof of old house. forged an order issued by “The total money he col- CCTV cameras at his place of A preliminary investiga- the AP government to lected amounted to over work. tion found that water show that he had received `62 crore. He could not detective inspector had accumulated on the A police officer inspects the collapsed portion of the roof of a house in a project from AP State repay his investors,” said Jagadeeshwar Rao said a com- roof exactly above the Sitaphalmadi on Sunday. (Inset) Geetansh who died in the incident. FIberNet Limited. the sources. The case came plaint was received on July 16 bedroom and the roof Raghav invited investors to light when a complaint from one Nomula Anil Kumar collapsed under the and promised to pay them was lodged at Madhapur stating that three CCTV cam- weight. The house was 20 per cent of the profits police station in eras installed at Nomula constructed with mud after finishing the project. Cyberabad police commis- Function Hall in East approximately 60 years We can’t protect every He collected about `9 sionerate and investiga- were stolen. ago. crore, said sources. tions were started. Late. Smt. AMRUTHAMMA The police examined footage sub- Raghav is also facing alle- A Cyberabad police offi- DOB: 13-11-1931 DOD: 22-07-2018 from the CCTV cameras only to inspector A. Varun gations of depositing cer said, “A complaint has “May your soul rest in peace.” find that function hall employ- Kanth Reddy said, “At life, say civic officials money in several DMAT been lodged against C. BHASKAR REDDY EXCEL SECURITY SERVICES ee S. Santhosh, 27, was stealing around 6.10 am, Raju accounts and losing the Raghav and investigation IV Floor, Chakkilam House, them. The Medak native was Yadav went to milk the MADDY DEEKSHITH | DC tures pose a grave threat building in Veeraiah money in stock trading. He is on.” , Hyd-82. traced and arrested on Sunday buffalo around 50 metres HYDERABAD, JULY 21 to residents. Goshama- Galli. He said that the PH: 9848032223 in the city. The theft was from the house. After hal leads in the list with collapsed portion had recorded by the cameras when some time the roof sud- Field staff has largely 152 structures followed been constructed with 17th DEATH ANNIVERSARY Santosh was trying to steal denly collapsed on the ignored the directive of by with 116. lime mortar. He said that POLICE SEIZE them, the inspector said. mother and son who GHMC commissioner M. has 45 dilapidat- the front portion abut- He said the accused did not were still asleep in the Dana Kishore to identify ed structures, and the ting the road had an RCC 43 TONNES have a criminal record. He bedroom.”Neighbours dilapidated structures list includes Malakpet slab and the second room wanted to sell the cameras at rushed to the rescue. and ask property owners (40), Hayatnagar (26), was constructed with a low prices to make some money. They got Swathi out first to either strengthen or (6), Santo- jack arch (Madras ter- OF PDS RICE and later Geetansh. demolish them. shnagar (5) Uppal and race roof). He said that They were rushed to a This was starkly high- LB Nagar (4 each) and the front portion was 12 DC CORRESPONDENT nearby private hospital lighted by the death of a (2). years old but it was diffi- HYDERABAD, JULY 21 MAN ARRESTED but Geetansh was dead child when the roof of Immediately after the cult to calculate the age on arrival. Swathi had to his house collapsed on building collapses in of the collapsed portion. Sleuths of Rachakonda FOR DAMAGING have tem stitches for the him in Mumbai and Pune, Mr The residents were ten- Special Operations head injury at Gandhi on Sunday. Kishore held a review ants staying there for the Team and Dr. JASWANTH SINGH BJP BANNERS Hospital and was dis- Asked about the inci- meeting and alerted past eight years. police seized 43 tonnes S/o Late T.R.P. Singh charged later in the dent, corporation staff field staff to either “An unnecessary hype of PDS Rice which was “A beautiful soul is never forgotten” DC CORRESPONDENT evening. washed their hands off. demolish the dilapidated has been created over about to be smuggled to Inserted by: Mother - NARMADA DEVI, Brother - PRATAP SINGH, HYDERABAD JULY 21 Family members allege They said that the structures or ask the the incident as life loss Maharashtra from the Sisters - UMA RANI & ANU RADHA, that the mishap was due GHMC could save every owners to repair them. is common in any roof city on Sunday. Sister-in-law - REKHA A man who was undergoing to the reluctance of the life and be blamed for Secunderabad zonal collapse. Just because According to AKASH SINGH & ABHISHEK SINGH treatment under a psychiatrist house owner to repair every incident in the commissioner C.N. the property tax was Medipally police, the was on Sunday taken into cus- the roof. The city. Raghu Prasad, speaking paid by the owner on joint team raided a tody after he destroyed the flex Chilkalguda police have GHMC field staff iden- about Sunday’s collapse, house number 12-10-340 godown located at Hema boards of BJP leaders, includ- registered a case under tified 786 dilapidated said that the corporation in Veeraiah Galli the Nagar on the informa- ing that of Union minister of section 174 CrPC and structures this year. could not identify the GHMC cannot be blamed tion that huge quanti- state for home affairs G. Kishan further investigation is According to the official structure because it was and will not take respon- ties Public Distribution Reddy, which were installed in underway. report, 51 of these struc- constructed behind a sibility,” he said. Scheme rice was stored Habeebnagar on the occasion of there. Bonalu festival. When the teams According to police, Md rushed there, it was Nadeem, 22, was a resident of found that around 43 Moinabad and was undergoing tonnes of PDS rice were treatment in Bidar. Cops grill father in girl’s murder loaded into a lorry (MH Habeebnagar inspector Mr P. 40 BG 6077). The godown Shiva Chandra said, “On JAYENDRA a gunny bag was found mortuary immediately the suspect has con- owner and three others, Saturday morning, he came to CHAITHANYA T. | DC in the garbage dump at for post-mortem exami- fessed to committing the including the lorry driv- Mallepally Crossroads under HYDERABAD, JULY 21 Kindibasthi in . nation and a murder crime, but, the police did er, were taken into the the influence of alcohol and The police along with case was registered. not confirm it and said custody. During interro- destroyed the flexes containing A day after recovering a the dog squad and The special teams con- that they were still in the gation, it was found that photos of Mr Kishan Reddy and girl's body from a Clues Team rushed to stituted to crack the case process of investigation. the rice was to be trans- a few other BJP leaders garbage dump at the spot and recovered have identified the A senior police official ported illegally to installed by party workers. Medchal, the police the body. deceased as a resident of from Cyberabad said, Nanded in Infuriated BJP workers assault- established the identity During the inspection the same area. On the “The identity of the girl Maharashtra, said the HE LIVES ON! ed him.” of the victim and are of the crime scene, the suspicion raised due to has been established. police. Within our hearts and minds, continuing to inspire, guide and rekindle us in every Policemen patrolling the area, questioning her father police found that the the inconsistent answers The girl's father is cur- A case was registered walk of life like a candle in the dark. who were present nearby, res- on suspicion that he skin on the face of the provided by her father, rently is being ques- against the accused and cued him from the mob and could have committed deceased was peeled off he was detained for tioned on the suspicion the seized rice was took him into custody. the murder. and her eyes were questioning. of killing her, but the handed over to the offi- The police has filed a case On Saturday, the body removed. The body was Meanwhile, reports motive is yet to be ascer- cials of civil supplies under and investigation is on. of a young girl packed in sent to Gandhi Hospital emerged on Sunday that tained.” department. An investi- gation is on to find from where the rice was col- lected, said an official at Medipally police sta- Contractor, kin attacked by tion.

PLAINT AGAINST MUJTABA HUSSAIN landowner over dispute 07-11-1943 - 22-07-2016 Family, Friends and Well-wishers ‘MISLEADING’ INTRAC TYRES PRIVATE LIMITED DC CORRESPONDENT MEDIA POSTS HYDERABAD, JULY 21 THUGS’ RULE IN FOND MEMORY A dispute over the com- ■ The Chandanagar ■ Chandanagar DC CORRESPONDENT pletion of pending works police on Sunday inspector B. HYDERABAD, JULY 21 of a building led to the landowners attempting to received a com- Ravinder said that The Progressive Youth murder the contractor plaint from one P. the victims — League filed a com- and his nephew at Naveen Reddy, a lab Chandrasekhar plaint with the Chandanagar on Sunday. Hyderabad cyber crime The condition of the vic- technician, that he Reddy, Naveen police against the social tims is stated to be stable and his uncle were Reddy and the media groups which are now, and a search is on to attacked by three mason Balu — uploading and sharing apprehend the assailants, persons when they received minor the objectionable con- said the police. tent posted by their Late. Smt. AMRUTHAMMA The Chandanagar went to discuss the injuries and were users. DOB: 13-11-1931 DOD: 22-07-2018 police on Sunday pending works of a admitted to a hos- Mr K.S. Pradeep, who “You are always in our Hearts for ever.” received a complaint filed complaint, said, C. BHASKAR REDDY building. pital. EXCEL EQUIPMENT from one P. Naveen Reddy, “Some social media IV Floor, Chakkilam House, 29, a technician working groups like Andhra Somajiguda, Hyd-82. at a private diagnostic On Sunday noon, them, he was also Porilu Adhurs and PH: 9848032223 centre in , Chandrasekhar Reddy attacked, Naveen Reddy Anasuya Bharadhwaja that he and his uncle along with his nephew said in his complaint to Anchor Fans Group are were attacked by three Naveen Reddy went to the the police. allowing their users to persons when they went building to discuss the Chandanagar inspector upload obscene content to discuss the pending remaining work. When B. Ravinder said that the and even posting of works of the building. the discussions were on, victims — some contents like ‘Call According to Chanda- Shankar suddenly Chandrasekhar Reddy, me if you want’ which nagar police, Chandras- became aggressive and Naveen Reddy and the are misleading young ekar Reddy, a contractor, attacked the duo. mason Balu — received people.” had constructed a build- Shankar’s brothers minor injuries and were Mr Pradeep said that ing on 175 square yards Prabhakar and Gopal admitted to a hospital. such posts lead the of land belong to three also joined him in They are stated to be out youth to anti-social and siblings Shankar, Gopal, assaulting the contractor of danger. criminal activities. “We and Prabhakar at and his nephew. Based on Naveen have requested the Gouthaminagar. The con- Gopal went inside the Reddy’s complaint, police cyber crime police to tract was made about house, picked up a registered a case of take action against the three years ago to com- kitchen knife and stabbed attempt to murder and administrators of the plete the building, but Naveen Reddy and his began investigations. A social media groups there were some works in uncle said the police. search is on for the which are promoting the basement area were When a mason, identified accused, the inspector such posts,” said Mr yet to be completed. as Balu, tried to rescue said. Pradeep. Track record PAGE Minister V. Srinivas Goud says people are happy with the welfare measures Politics 5 and projects taken up in five years DECCAN CHRONICLE MONDAY | 22 JULY 2019 | HYDERABAD KCR sends TRS leaders Protest begins against on inauguration spree Family, politics are mining in Nallamala AVINASH PUJARI I DC different. My brother ■ CM wants showpieces in place ahead of urban polls HYDERABAD, JULY 21 might be leaning to S.A. ISHAQUI I DC Locals are agitating BJP but I am not HYDERABAD, JULY 21 GETTING INTO FIGHT MODE against a proposed move to mine uranium near — Komatireddy Venkata Reddy State ministers and TRS ■ CHIEF MINISTER ■ CM WANTS all Achampet in the legislators are rushing Nallamala forests. Congress leader about launching and inau- K. Chandrasekhar Rao projects where work Officials of the atomic gurating various develop- has told party leaders has been completed minerals directorate for ment programmes, espe- to lay foundation to be inaugurated in exploration and FROM cially in urban areas, fol- stones quickly for the districts before research (AMD) are dig- AP lowing a directive from ging wells for uranium Chief Minister K. projects that have the schedule for the mining, and tribals who WORLD BANK Chandrasekhar Rao. been announced in municipal elections live in the forests have Mr Rao has told them to urban areas. is announced. started agitations. ■ doing a study of the HINTS IT WILL complete holding the func- Along with environ- ■ THE CENTRE has Eastern Ghats has tions and laying founda- ■ CM FEELS the activity will ensure that the mentalists, tribals are given in-principle opposed the clearance tion stones for new proj- S.K. Joshi questioning the Centre permission for urani- for uranium mining. MOLLIFY AP ects and inaugurate those people are confident ahead of the elections for giving preliminary According to them, the projects that have been that the TRS will deliver on its election-time clearance for uranium um exploration, Eastern Ghats will S.N.V. SUDHIR I DC completed before the code promises of development programmes. MUNICIPAL POLL mining near Achampet alarming environ- become history soon if VIJAYAWADA, JULY 21 of conduct for the munici- and a few other areas in mentalists and mining is not stopped. pal elections comes into Telangana state. Environmentalist Prof. The World Bank has given force. QUOTAS MAY BE A panel under the human rights K. Purushotham Reddy enough indications that it will Sources said that Mr Rao Union ministry of activists. said, “We object to urani- help the state in other sectors is keen on going ahead GIVEN THIS WEEK forests has recommend- um mining by the Centre for dropping the $300 million with the elections next CM village set to get ed giving “in-principle” because the region has loan for the capital city con- month. The State Election DC CORRESPONDENT permission for explo- uing their activities, the finest herbs and struction. There is every pos- Commission is expected to HYDERABAD, JULY 21 ration of uranium in the environmentalists, Left medicinal plants, and sibility of an increase in the issue the notification for sops during visit today Amrabad tiger reserve. parties and locals have Chenchu tribals who are quantum of aid. municipal polls at any The state government is The ministry’s forest formed a joint action already on the edge of The World Bank had earlier date in the coming two DC CORRESPONDENT famous son of the village. expected to issue notifica- advisory committee committee against ura- extinction. The largest dropped the proposal of fund- weeks. HYDERABAD, JULY 21 Former minister and tion specifying reserva- made the recommenda- nium mining in the tiger reserve will also be ing the Amaravati Sustainable Sources pointed out that Siddipet MLA T. Harish tions of wards and listing tion at its meeting on thickly wooded affected.” Infrastructure and Institut- Mr Rao told the leaders Chief Minister K. Chand- Rao has been overseeing out the offices of mayor May 22. Nallamala forests, which He said that uranium ional Development Project, that launching pending rasekhar Rao will visit his the arrangements for Mr and municipal chairper- The AMD had sought houses Chenchu tribal mining would not only citing non-compliance with its schemes and inaugurating native village Chintamad- Rao’s visit. He held a sons of municipalities permission to carry out families and India’s bring a misbalance in policies, especially those relat- completed projects would aka on Monday, to keep his review with district offi- and corporations in a cou- survey and drilling of largest Nagarjunasagar- the ecological system ed to settlements with affected give confidence to people election promise that he cials who informed him ple of days. This exercise boreholes around Srisailam tiger reserve. but will pollute the parties besides flaws by the and would help the TRS would visit his old neigh- that Chintamadaka has is being undertaken ahead Amrabad-Udimalla- Local resident Madhus- Nagarjunasagar and previous government in its candidates seek votes by bours and spend a day 874 families. Officials said of the municipal elections Narayanpur. At that udhan said, “Eighteen Srisailam reservoirs. approach and dealing with showing the work that the with them and have lunch. that the Chief Minister expected to be held next time, TS principal chief wells have been dug in The proposed area is ‘subjects’. party had done in their Keeping in view the visit wants that each family to month. conservator of forests Thirumalapur BK vil- adjacent to the Krishna A top official of the Chief areas.With this order from of the Chief Minister, the get benefits from the gov- Chief Secretary S.K. P.K. Jha said the com- lage of Amrabad mandal river. If mining is Minister’s Office (CMO) said the party boss, the minis- district administration ernment as per their eligi- Joshi is said to have indi- mittee had given only where villagers have allowed, Nagarjunasa- that the Washington-based ters and MLAs went to has taken up several bility. The agriculture cated this to officials dur- “in principle” permis- been taking out rallies gar, which is the pri- Bank was not averse to extend- their native districts after development works department has identified ing a review meeting with sion to the AMD while and agitating for more mary source of drinking ing a loan to the Y.S. Jagan the two-day special ses- including improvement of the details of the landless officers of the municipal “full and necessary per- than two weeks but there water for Hyderabad will Mohan Reddy government sion of the Assembly and roads and drainage lines families in the village. administration and urban missions” are required is no one to hear them.” get contaminated and should it mention its priori- on Saturday distributed and conducted a house- The state government development and law for the department to Nagarkurnool MP lakhs of lives will be in ties. enhanced pensions under hold survey. has sanctioned `10 crore departments on Sunday. allow exploration in the Ramulu Pothuganti danger, he added. The chance of increasing the the Asara scheme. Houses have been deco- for the development of Mr Joshi met MA&UD tiger reserve. raised the issue in He said they will quantum of loan was not On Sunday they were rated to welcome the most Chintamadaka. principal secretary The Centre says that no Parliament and said that explore options includ- ruled out by the Bank. “The busy inaugurating com- Arvind Kumar and law permission has been the Centre’s move to ing legal recourse and priorities of the AP govern- pleted buildings of gov- secretary Niranjan Rao granted for mining but mine uranium is a mat- moving the National ment have been well-defined, ernment schools, colleges, Education minister G. ings of the government and other officers with the AMD was given the ter of concern for the Green Tribunal and the drafted and are in the public gram panchayats and lay- Jagadish Reddy laid the degree college in Siddipet. regard cases in the High mandate in 2014 to iden- Eastern Ghats and will National Human Rights domain with categorical and ing foundations for the foundation in Kodad for a Ministers Koppula Esh- Court against the munici- tify and evaluate urani- be hazardous to wildlife Commission besides explicit details of the construction of cement central lighting system to war, Etala Rajendar and pal elections. These peti- um mineral resources and the tribals. building up public opin- Navaratnas which will benefit concrete roads, drainages be installed at a cost of `19 others have been on a tions are expected to come and send requisitions. The Council for Green ion with the help of all sections of the society and installation of central crore. TRS MLA T. Harish spree launching various up before the High Court With AMD staff contin- Revolution which is political parties. besides improve the quality of lighting systems. Rao inaugurated build- development activities. on Monday. life of the citizens,” he said “The main reasons behind the World Bank backing out of KISHAN SAYS the Amaravati Capital City BCs, Muslims get project were considered to be SAVE CITY’S rampant corruption besides flouting of various socio-eco- nomic norms,” said the CMO’s half Cong. tickets GEOHERITAGE to official. The TD government invited DC CORRESPONDENT A. Sampath Kumar, for- DC CORRESPONDENT tenders for infrastructure HYDERABAD, JULY 21 mer PCC president HYDERABAD, JULY 21 development even before the Ponnala Lakshmaiah, World Bank loan details were Telangana Congress former ministers Moha- Ministers of state for finalised. The World Bank leaders who held their mmed Ali Shabbir, Dr J. home G. Kishan Reddy team (independent accounta- preparatory meeting for Geetha Reddy, TPCC launched the ‘Save Our bility mechanism), that toured the municipal elections office bearers, DCC pres- Geoheritage’ walk on the proposed city area region at Sangareddy on idents and municipal Sunday. from September 13 to 17, 2017, Sunday decided to give presidents met in the Some 500 geoscientists, found many irregularities in half the tickets to Back- presence of AICC including professors, the tender process which were ward Classes and Mus- incharge R.C. Khuntia. research scholars and heavily loaded in favour of lim candidates. The Congress leaders students, participated. contractors, the official said. Addressing the meet- questioned the claims The agenda was to bring The CRDA was asked to give ing, state Congress pres- being made by the BJP awareness of the impor- an explanation by the Wold ident N. Uttam Kumar about its strength. They tance of geoheritage to Bank Team which visited the Reddy strongly con- said there was no space protect nature. place and conducted field-level demned the TRS govern- for the BJP in the state. Geoheritage refers to investigations. ment for slashing the They said that the vote geological features that The team found numerous reservation percentage share of Congress has hold importance for sci- irregularities in land pooling, for BCs and described it increased in the elec- entific, cultural or edu- utilisation of verdant agricul- as an attempt to politi- tions compared to 2014 cational reasons. tural land for other purposes, cally disempower the while the TRS vote share Mr Kishan Reddy said, agricultural workers losing community. He said the had declined. “Everyone should love livelihood, serious environ- Congress would not They criticised the nature and protect it. If mental violations, the plan of allow Chief Minister K. government for discrep- we love nature it will the new proposed capital Chandrasekhar Rao to ancies in fixing the bless us back. affecting the course of suppress the BCs by boundaries for the Development is not only Krishna river and other denying them their due municipal wards and making ring roads and issues. The Centre expressed share of tickets in the the errors in reserving skyways but is also dismay over the World Bank municipal elections. seats. development to protect team inspections even before He asked all Congress They gave a call to the the earth and its her- the loan sanction was workers to hold dharnas party workers to organ- itage. All should make finalised. at all district headquar- ise party flag hoisting their efforts in this “The team submitted its ters on July 23 in protest programme on a mas- regard; the central gov- report on September 27 and against the injustices sive scale in urban areas ernment will extend all amended it on November 27, being done to the BCs by from July 27 to 30. The the possible ways to pro- 2017. The report underwent the TRS government. programme. should be tect geoheritage sites in one more revision on June 26, Senior leaders includ- organised with the slo- the country.” 2018 and the final Report was ing CLP leader Mallu gan ‘Inti Intiki Cong- People of all ages par- filed on Mach 29, 2019. The Bhatti Vikramarka, ress, Vaada Vadala Con- ticipated in the walk Team had to take up investiga- TPCC working presi- gress Jhanda’. The lead- and some were excited tions following a spate of com- dents Kusum Kumar and ers expressed confi- to meet the minister. plaints from social organisa- Ponnam Prabhakar, dence that the Congress Children held placards tions and voluntary organisa- AICC secretaries Bose would win a majority in saying “Save our geo- tions,” he said. Raju, Saleem Ahmed, all 140 municipalities heritage” and “Respect Vamshichand Reddy and going to the polls. our mother earth”.

HEALTH | ALERT ■ Venkaiah flags lifestyle illness among students V-P bats for lifestyle clinics DC CORRESPONDENT ■ “I feel that there is a need He said that the Indian HYDERABAD, JULY 21 VICE-PRESIDENT to establish NCD clinics Medical Association must M. Venkaiah Naidu both in urban and rural take the lead to promote Vice-President M. Venkaiah underscores need to areas and the private sector awareness among people, Naidu on Sunday clinics must play a prominent role particularly students, on should be set up to treat open more medical in setting up such clinics,” the health hazards caused non-communicable dis- colleges to meet the Mr Naidu said. by sedentary lifestyles and eases (NCD). The country shortage of doctors. He asked organisations unhealthy dietary habits, was witnessing a troubling like AAPI to collaborate he said. epidemiological transition with the government and The Vice-President said, from communicable dis- dence of non-communica- the private sector to con- “We face a huge shortage in eases to NCDs or lifestyle ble diseases. duct screening programmes the number of qualified diseases, he said. The Vice-President, quot- and take up awareness cam- medical practitioners, espe- Mr Naidu, health summit ing from the ICMR’s state- paigns against NCDs. cially specialists. It is cru- organised by the American level disease burden study “It is not only the respon- cial that we address this Association of Physicians said the estimated propor- sibility of doctors, as a soci- huge gap by opening more of Indian Origin (AAPI) tion of all deaths due to ety everyone has the medical colleges and here, said a national move- NCDs had increased from responsibility to take part increasing the number of ment should be launched 37.09 per cent in 1990 to 61.8 in spreading awareness seats at both graduate and against the growing inci- per cent in 2016. about healthy lifestyle.” post-graduate levels.” Solemn oath Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said PAGE he would do his best to ensure that no harm Nation 6 comes to the pride and honour of the soldiers. DECCAN CHRONICLE MONDAY | 22 JULY 2019 | HYDERABAD J&K Gov asks militants to spare policemen, kill corrupt politicians India has changed YUSUF JAMEEL I DC The LTTE of Mr Malik reiterated that SRINAGAR, JULY 21 Sri Lanka was some of J&K’s politicians under Modi govt, and bureaucrats have Jammu and Kashmir gov- the biggest amassed huge wealth which has brought ernor Satya Pal Malik on terrorist organisation through corrupt and dubi- “good days”. Sunday stirred up another of the world. But that ous means and now own controversy by asking mil- too has been fin- bungalows and other prop- — J.P. Nadda, itants to spare policemen erties not only in the state and ordinary people but ished. The Indian but also in Delhi, Dubai BJP working president kill those politicians and govt will never go and London. bureaucrats who are cor- down before a gun. “The major disease J&K IN BRIEF rupt and have looted the — SATYA PAL MALIK, is suffering from is cor- state. Satya Pal Malik ruption. I’m not going to “The boys who have J&K governor spare anyone who Sidhu vacates picked up guns are unnec- speaking at the inaugura- indulges in corrupt prac- essarily killing their own tion of Kargil-Ladakh Nothing is achieved tices. But people too official bungalow people...they are killing Tourism Festival-2019 at through the gun. No one should build pressure Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, party general secretary PSOs (personal security Khree Sultan Cho Sports in India can make a gov- against it. I was at Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her husband Robert Vadra attend the funeral of former Chandigarh: Congress leader officers)... they are killing Stadium in Kargil. ernment to surrender by Amarnath recently and chief minister Shiela Dikshit, at Nigambodh Ghat, in New Delhi on Sunday. — PTI Navjot Singh Sidhu on SPOs (special police offi- The governor was, how- using gun.” met ponnywallas many of Sunday vacated the official cers). Why are you killing ever, quick to advise the He added, “The LTTE of whom do not even posses bungalow allotted to him by them... kill those who have militants to shun violence Sri Lanka was the biggest sweaters. But in Srinagar the Punjab government, a looted your country...those and seek resolution of terrorist organisation of you have palatial houses day after his resignation from who have looted the whole issues through dialogue. the world. But that too has having fifteen to twenty the state cabinet was accept- wealth of Kashmir. Have He said, “They (mili- been finished. The govern- rooms and furnished with Thousands bid adieu ed by chief minister you, so far, killed any of tants) are getting them- ment of India will never carpets worth crores of Amarinder Singh. Mr Sidhu, them?” he said while selves killed gratuitously. go down before a gun.” rupees,” he said. who has been avoiding the media for more than a month now, once again dodged to former Delhi CM questions posed by reporters Lucknow as he vacated the premises. CBI to quiz Akhilesh-era SUNIL THAPLIYAL I DC “Have vacated the ministerial NEW DELHI, JULY 21 bungalow, handed it over to to host Paswan’s brother the Punjab government,” Mr The mortal remains of Sidhu said in a tweet. On officials in UP mining scam former Delhi chief minis- Saturday, Amarinder Singh DefExpo ter Sheila Dikshit were had accepted Mr Sidhu’s DC CORRESPONDENT that on February 17, 2013 consigned to flames on dies of heart attack “one-line” resignation and NEW DELHI, JULY 21 the leases were granted by Sunday, with colleagues, forwarded it to Punjab Gove- India 2020 the district magistrate of Congress workers and DC CORRESPONDENT residence in New Delhi rnor V.P. Singh Badnore. —PTI Fresh trouble seems to be Hamirpur after getting admirers braving heavy NEW DELHI, JULY 21 and on Monday, at the LJP DC CORRESPONDENT in store for Samajwadi approval from then chief rains and gusty winds to office in Patna for paying NEW DELHI, JULY 21 Party (SP) leader and for- minister’s office in viola- bid her final farewell. Ramchandra Paswan, LJP last respects. 24-yr-old arrested mer chief minister of tion of its 2012 e-tender The gathering included MP from Samastipur in The Samastipur MP is The next edition of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh policy, which was ratified those she worked along- Bihar and Union minister survived by his wife, two over beef picture India’s mega defence Yadav as Central Bureau by the Allahabad high side, those she fought and Ramvilas Paswan’s broth- sons and a daughter and Thanjavur (TN): A 24-year- exhibition - the DefExpo of Investigation (CBI) is court on January 29, 2013. those she fought for. As er, passed away on Sunday will be cremated in the old man, who was allegedly - will be held for the first preparing to examine two The illegal mining took the hearse carrying the following a brief illness. Bihar capital on Monday. attacked by a group of peo- time in Lucknow in 2020 former senior bureau- place between 2012 to 2016. casket moved slowly from Prime Minister Narendra Mr Paswan was a four- ple for posting a picture of with participation of crats of Uttar Pradesh He was succeeded by her house to the party Modi and home minister time MP and was first himself consuming beef soup, major global and domes- government as part of its Akhilesh Yadav Gayatri Prajapati, who headquarters towards the Amit Shah were among elected in 1999. He was re- was arrested on Sunday on tic military firms, the investigation into the ille- took charge as mining funeral, cries rang those who condoled his elected to the Lok Sabha charge of disturbing peace, defence ministry said on gal mining scam in the held the mining portfolio minister in 2013. However, through the air, “Sheila death. Mr Paswan, 57, was in 2004 and then again for soon after he was discharged Sunday. state. during 2012-13 apparently Mr Yadav had already Dikshit amar rahe.” admitted to the capital’s the third time in 2014. In from a hospital, according to The main theme of the There are allegations bringing his role under denied the allegations and The 81-year-old Congress Ram Manohar Lohia hos- May 2019, he was again police. Earlier four people w- DefExpo India 2020 will that Mr Yadav had scanner. said that BJP was using veteran, who died on pital last week after suf- elected to the Lok Sabha ere arrested for allegedly att- be ‘India: The Emerging allegedly cleared 14 leases “It is also alleged that the CBI as a tool for arm- Saturday due to cardiac fering a heart attack. His from Samastipur for the acking him. The people had Defence Manufacturing pertaining to mining in these two former bureau- twisting the opposition arrest, was cremated with body will be kept at his fourth time. gone to Mohammed Faisan’s Hub’ and it will focus on the state, of which 13 were crats played crucial role party leaders. full state honours at the house in Poravacheri village ‘Digital Transformation cleared on February 17, in clearing 13 leases. The It may be recalled that Nigambodh Ghat. initiated green reforms in from the Congress, includ- on July 11 and objected to of Defence’. 2013, in violation of the e- agency wants to seek cer- CBI recently conducted As desired, she was con- public transport sector ing UPA chairperson the post, police had said, ad- The DefExpo would tendering process. tain from these two searches at 20 places in signed to flames in the successfully to accom- Sonia Gandhi and ding after a quarrel, they att- provide a unique plat- Mr Yadav, who was the bureaucrats,” sources connection with its probe CNG (Compressed plish the shift from pollut- Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra, acked him. Faisan was injured form for Defence indus- chief minister of the state said. pertaining to the mining Natural Gas) crematori- ing vehicles to a CNG were in attendance at the and admitted to a governm- try OEMs, exhibitors between 2012 and 2017, Sources further claimed scam in UP. um. Dikshit herself had based fleet. Top leaders funeral. ent hospital. A case had been and private industry to registered against him. —PTI display their latest inno- vations and capabilities. Infant dead, five It will facilitate Business-to-Business Terror cases dip in N-E: Report interaction and also injured in landslide Government-to- PAWAN BALI I DC substantially since 2013. ■ Compared to 2017, The report said that Shimla: An eight-month-old Government meetings. NEW DELHI, JULY 21 The report said that com- inputs reveal that insur- girl was killed whereas five The exhibition will also pared to 2017, insurgency insurgency incidents gent groups are facing others sustained multiple highlight emergence of North East witnessed incidents have registered registered a decline acute administration injuries in a landslide in Him- Uttar Pradesh as an lowest terror incidents a decline of 18 per cent in of 18% in 2018. and financial crunch due achal Pradesh’s Kangra dis- attractive destination and related civilian the year 2018. ■ to relentless operations trict, the police said on Sun- for investment in the deaths last year in more “Similarly, there was 25 There was 25% by security forces and day. The tourists were hit by defence sector. than two decades, since per cent reduction in reduction in number have been forced to form rocks sliding from the hill w- The DefExpo will pro- 1997, said Defence min- number of civilians and of deaths of civil- umbrella organisation to hen they were going on foot vide an opportunity to istry’s annual report security forces personnel ians in the region. maintain their capability from Bhagsu Nag temple to- the major foreign 2018-19. deaths in 2018. In the first for orchestrating violent wards Bhagsu Nag waterfall, Original Equipment “The year 2018 wit- three months of 2019, activities. located about 11 kms from Manufacturers (OEMs) nessed the lowest num- security situation has The report said that “Concurrently, the trib- Dharamshala on Saturday. to collaborate with the ber of insurgency inci- further improved in the while there is almost no al and ethnic divide, The deceased infant has be- Indian defence industry dents and civilian deaths region with the decline insurgency left in fuelled by the issues of en identified as Lovedeep of and help promote ‘Make since 1997,” said the in insurgency incidents, Tripura and Mizoram, illegal immigrants, has Haroli in Una district. The inj- in India’ initiative. The report. It said that the civilian casualties, secu- there has been a marked gained momentum and is ured include Jagpal (30), Ac- previous edition of overall security situation rity forces casualties and improvement in security likely to have a pan char Singh (30), Sunita (23), DefExpo took place in in the North Eastern kidnapping/abduction situation in other states North East impact,” said Preet (8) and Arnab (2). All Thiruvidanthai in 2018. (NE) states improved cases,” said the report. of region. the annual report. are residents of Haroli. The injured were taken to the Dharamshala Civil Hospital. 3 MORE FIRs Floods recede in FILED AGAINST Assam, toll is 65 MANOJ ANAND I DC The Brahmaputra river AZAM KHAN GUWAHATI, JULY 21 was flowing above danger Rampur (Uttar Pradesh): level at three places only. Three more FIRs have been Amidst fear of outbreak Its tributaries Dhansiri registered against Samajwadi of water-borne diseases, and Kopili are also flow- Party (SP) MP Azam Khan in the water level has start- ing above danger mark at connection with land encroa- ed receding in flood-hit one place each. chment cases in Rampur dis- Assam but situation con- The waters of the floods, trict of Uttar Pradesh. The tinued to remain precari- which caused large scale total number of FIRs, as per ous as the toll on devastations across the the police, against Khan, now Saturday climbed to 65. state, receded from stands at 26 in cases relating According to Assam Baksa, Hojai and Majuli to land grab. The police said State Disaster Manage- districts but continued to the complaints against him ment Authority, about submerge 1.51 lakh were verified and found to 44,08,142 people in 3,024 hectare of cropland and a be genuine. According to the villages under 77 revenue large part of Kaziranga Defence minister Rajnath Singh and Major General Gagan Deep Bakshi (retd) complaints, the farmers’ circles of 24 districts are National Park, where 10 chant patriotic slogans at a function to commemorate the 20th anniversary of lands were illegally occupied still facing the wrath of rhinos have died, officials Kargil Vijay Diwas in New Delhi on Sunday. — PTI through unscrupulous means flood. said. with the help of a former Circle Officer. The Uttar Pradesh government put the ■ Govt will team up with Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences parliamentarian’s name on the government’s anti-land mafia portal earlier this th week. “It means the cases Centre set to celebrate 50 version of IFFI will be directly monitored by the government and legal action will be taken,” Rampur NITIN MAHAJAN I DC experts from the Oscars ◗ The information Preparations for the This aims to esta-blish a district magistrate Aunjaneya NEW DELHI, JULY 21 holding master classes at and broadcasting IFFI has already been buzz and generate aware- Kumar had said. A govern- the event. kick started well in ness for the annual event, ment has formed a three- The Central government The golden jubilee year ministry has decided advance as the Mr sources added. member committee to inves- is set to celebrate cinema, of this prestigious film to launch a Javadekar has conduct- The film festival will tigate the case. Rampur SP the 50th version of event is expected to be “Caravan” of road- ed on site inspection of also celebrate Mahatma earlier this week said that International Film one of the biggest ever shows that will travel the various venues just Gandhi’s 150th birth the police will make arrests Festival of India (IFFI) in celebration of films in days ago, sources said. anniversary and a busi- in the case. Alleging that an unpcedented way as it India with the Academy acrosss the nation’s Ahead of the festival, ness exhibition to show- Khan was unnecessarily teams up with the and various foreign movie hub cities. the information and case “latest film technolo- being harassed, Samajwadi Academy of Motion nation’s help also being ◗ The film festival broadcasting ministry gies” and an exhibit on Party has formed a high-level Picture Arts and sought to procure the has deci-ded to launch a Gandhi. Started way delegation of its legislative Sciences. The festival best of cinema from will also celebrate “Caravan” of road- back in 1952, the first- party members to look into scheduled has been across the world for dis- Mahatma Gandhi’s shows that will tr-avel ever IFFI was organised the matter on July 17. Khan, a scheduled from play during the festival. birth anniversary. acrosss the nation’s by the Films Division. former state minister, has November 20 to 28 in Goa. Information and broad- movie hub cities of The festival was initiat- alleged that he was being The president of the casting minister Prakash ional Jury at IFFI will be Hyde-rabad, Chennai, ed at providing a com- Looking for DECCAN harassed as he defeated Academy John Bailey is Javadekar has already headed by John Bailey, Bangal-ore, Mumbai, mon platform to the cine- something? CHRONICLE BJP candidate in the Lok likely to attend this announced that this year which is likely to add fur- Kolkata, Gu-wahati and mas across the world to Enjoy the Difference Sabha elections. —ANI year’s edition and the prestigious Internat- ther prestige to the event. Thiruvananth-apuram. project the excellence of We have it for you Kashmir & politics

Kashmir is weary of leaders elected with ‘mere 10% PAGE vote’ who then make it to the Lok Sabha or state Assembly with vested interest, said Jitendra Singh Nation 7 DECCAN CHRONICLE MONDAY | 22 JULY 2019 | HYDERABAD Netanyahu ■Announces ‘Return Black Money’ movement Yogi meets families to visit India BJP’s LS poll win a mystery to meet PM of Sonbhadra victims on Sept. 9 I failed to unearth: Mamata I don’t think apart Orders enhanced compensation of 18.5 lakh from Gandhi family, ` Jerusalem, DC CORRESPONDENT state, she made it clear political survival in the July 21: KOLKATA, JULY 21 that the Trinamul would state, Ms Banerjee also anyone should be Sonbhadra, July 21: Israeli not cease to exist despite instructed the Trinamul the party president Uttar Pradesh chief min- Prime West Bengal Chief the saffron surge, while rank and file to reach out ister Yogi Adityanath on Minister Minister Mamata accusing the BJP of lur- to their CPM and — Natwar Singh, Sunday met the families Benjamin Banerjee on Sunday com- ing her party’s MLAs with Congress counterparts to Former external affairs minister of Gond tribals killed in a Netanyahu plained that the BJP gov- money and property for thwart the rise of the BJP. clash here over a land dis- will travel Benjamin ernment in New Delhi defection by each. “The Plagued by the BJP’s pute four days ago and to India on a Netanyahu was misusing Central Trinamul is not a party to pressure on her govern- announced several steps day-long investigative agencies to go away. It keeps coming. ment by using her IN BRIEF including enhanced com- visit on September 9 to threaten her MPs, MLAs Recently, an MLA of our “Return Cut-Money” pensation and time-bound meet his counterpart and other party leaders. party from North Bengal order to all Trinamul lead- 8-yr-old girl battles completion of inquiry. Narendra Modi, just She, however, described met me. I asked him ers, the West Bengal Chief Targeting Opposition eight days before an the BJP’s second consecu- whether he had joined the Minister announced she for life after rape parties, Mr Adityanath unprecedented repeat tive Lok Sabha poll victo- BJP,” Ms Banerjee added. would kickstart a counter- alleged the agricultural polls in the Jewish state. ry as “a mystery, not a his- She told the rally: “He movement “Return Black Bhubaneswar: An eight-year- land on which tribals used Mr Netanyahu, who tory”, which she admitted confessed to me of getting Money” against the saf- old girl is now battling for to practice traditional created history on July she had so far failed to an offer from the BJP of fron party at the Centre life after a miscreant alleged- agriculture was regis- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath meets the 20 by becoming the unearth. Rs 2 crores and a petrol on July 26-27. She reiterat- ly raped her in Odisha’s tered “in the name of a members of the aggrieved families of the recent clash- longest serving Israeli “Why did we come to pump. I wanted to know if ed her demand for the Angul in the early hours on Congress leader in a es in Sonbhadra on Sunday. — PTI Prime Minister is facing power in 2011? Because we he was still waiting for a replacement of EVMs Sunday. As per reports, the wrong way in 1955”. a tough political chal- had fought for 34 years. So better bargain. Do not go with ballot papers in the girl was rescued in an uncon- He also claimed that the lenge as opinion polls the BJP, go and fight for 34 leave the party if someone next election. scious condition from a village head and his Priyanka takes dig at Yogi, says show flagging fortunes years first. Then you may offers you Rs 2 crore and a “I still believe that the garbage dump near Aahar brother involved in the for his ruling Likud dream of coming to power petrol pump. If you accept 2019 election is a mystery. centre in the town. The sur- incident were associated party. in Bengal,” she said. the offer, you will lose I do not know how it hap- vivor, who hails from with the Samajwadi Party. acknowledging one’s duty good “The (Israeli) Prime Belittling the BJP’s win because the money is ill- pened. It is not a history. It Maharashtra, was sleeping “In 1989, the land which Lucknow, July 21: In a tweet Minister will be in India in 18 seats against her gotten. Down with horse- is a mystery,” the with her family members on belonged to a public trust Congress leader Priyanka on Sunday, only for a few hours on party’s tally of 22 in the trading.” Trinamul president the verandah of a shop near was registered in the Gandhi Vadra Sunday she said, “I September 9 during Lok Sabha polls in the Launching her battle for stressed. Angul bus stand when a name of people linked took a dig at Uttar welcome UP which he will be meeting bike-borne miscreant with the trust. Pradesh chief minister chief minis- Mr Modi. No other sig- abducted her. Later, the In 2017, the land was Yogi Adityanath after he ter Yogi nificant meeting is yet accused raped the girl and sold to some local people,” visited Sonbhadra where Adityanath’s on the cards but some- UGC may consider dual degree from threw her near garbage he said, adding an inquiry 10 Gond tribals were shot Priyanka visit to thing may be worked out One dead dump. It is suspected that report into all the wrong- dead over a land dispute Gandhi Sonbhadra. during the coming days, different varsities simultaneously the accused also tried to kill doings since 1952 has been four days ago, saying Standing possibly a business off Kerala, the girl after committing the sought within 10 days. “acknowledging one’s with the affected people is meeting,” informed New Delhi, July 21: one certificate, diploma, crime. The chief minister duty is good”. the duty of the govern- sources said. Students might soon be advanced diploma, PG announced an enhanced She said the UP govern- ment. Acknowledging Israeli lawmakers in able to pursue multiple diploma programme 2 missing Girl commits compensation of `18.5 ment has acted only after one’s duty is good.” May voted 74-45 in degrees simultaneously simultaneously either in lakh each to the families the Congress came out in “Umbha has been await- favour of dissolving the from different universi- regular or open and dis- in the sea of those killed and `2.5 strong support of the trib- ing justice since a very 21st Knesset and hold a ties or the same universi- tance mode in the same suicide over assault lakh to the injured. als. long time. Hope the affect- repeat elections on ty, with the University university or from other DC CORRESPONDENT Barmer: A teenaged girl dis- He added that “wherever The Congress general ed people of Umbha will September 17. Some ana- Grants Commission institutions,” the panel THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, turbed with her molestation any anomaly was prima secretary met relatives of get justice and their five lysts believe the meeting studying the feasibility of report had said. JULY 21 by a man allegedly commit- facie detected, action has the victims at a guest- demands will be ful- with Mr Modi is meant the idea. The 2012 panel As per UGC officials, ted suicide Sunday by jump- been taken be it the tehsil house in Chunar town of filled,” she added. She to prop up his campaign report had said, “The commission had The body of a fisherman ing into a pond in Barmer level or in the police Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur said the tribals should get right before the polls. “However, two degree pro- then sought comments of who was missing from district, said police. The 19- department”. district Saturday, a day ownership of land and Sources said that the grammes under regular the statutory councils on Neendakara, Kollam, on year-old-girl was allegedly He also said that in a after she was detained the people of the village Indian PMO had indeed mode may not be allowed the committee’s report Friday was found at molested and threatened by police outpost will be and prevented from going should get security suggested the week of simultaneously as it may and the responses Anjuthengu in Thiru- her neighbour Narpat Singh opened at the spot of the to Sonbhadra. — PTI August 25 for the visit create logistic, adminis- received did not endorse vananthapuram district some time ago, they said. crime and a fire station but the Israeli side trative and academic the idea of allowing stu- on Sunday. The police had already regis- will be established in pushed for an early problems. A student pur- dents to pursue multiple The Coast Guard and tered a case against accused Ghorawal area. were injured in the clash. Wednesday after a village September visit which suing a degree pro- degree programmes Navymen found the Singh on July 17, they added. The UP chief minister Ten persons were killed headman and his support- has finally been con- gramme under regular simultaneously. Hence body of Sahaya Raju of Following the suicide by girl, went to the district hospi- and 18 people were ers opened fire on tribals firmed for September 9. mode may be allowed to the plan did not take off.” Kanyakumari during the police added relevant tal to meet the people who injured in the clash on over land dispute. — PTI — PTI pursue a maximum of — PTI the search operations at section for the offence of a coastal strip at abetment of suicide in the Anjuthengu. However, case and arrested the ■14 people rescued from four-storey Churchill Chamber there is no trace of his accused. — PTI Sidda name floated fellow fishermen Raju and John Bosco. Molestation victim The three fishermen 1 dies, 2 hurt in fire near Taj Hotel from Neerody in to cheat us, say Kanyakumari went commits suicide missing off Neendakara Barmer: A teenaged girl dis- AGE CORRESPONDENT Bombay Hospital. He was coast when the boat car- turbed with her molestation K’taka rebel MLAs MUMBAI, JULY 21 later said to be out of dan- rying five fishermen by a man allegedly commit- ger. capsized in the rough ted suicide Sunday by jump- One person was killed and Later, on being informed sea. Two of them, ing into a pond in Barmer DC CORRESPONDENT ■ Congress leader two others, including a by residents said a resi- Nicholas and Stalin, district, said the police. The BENGALURU, JULY 21 fireman, were injured dent was missing, firemen swam back to safety by 1 19-year old girl was allegedly Shivakumar said JDS after a major fire broke entered the worst-hit area pm. molested and threatened by With the 15 rebel Cong- leaders are not averse out on the third floor of a and found Shyam Aiyar, The fibre boat her neighbour Narpat Singh ress and Janata Dal to Kumaraswamy being four-storey residential who was later declared belonged to Stanley of some time ago, they said. (Secular) legislators now replaced by Congress building near the iconic dead by GT Hospital. “The Neerody village in The police had already regis- camping in Mumbai Taj Mahal Hotel in Colaba deceased had entered the Kanyakumari district. tered a case against accused asserting that they had leaders like Mallikarjun on Sunday. In all, 14 people third floor’s most-affected Meanwhile, In a rain- Singh on July 17, they added. no plans of returning to Kharge, Siddaramaiah, were rescued. area with the intention to related mishap, one per- Following the suicide by girl, Bengaluru to take part in G. Parameshwar or The Mumbai fire brigade douse the blaze. However, son died after a wall col- the police added relevant the voting on the crucial himself received a call about the got trapped. We managed lapsed at Vachakkal section for the offence of confidence motion moved blaze at Churchill Police personnel rescue people from the Churchill to rescue people despite near Edavanakkad in abetment of suicide in the by Chief Minister H.D. would be the next CM. Chamber, a heritage struc- the building being an old the district on Sunday. Chamber building fire, near Taj Mahal Hotel, in Mumbai case and arrested the Kumaraswamy in the Even if Mr ture on Merryweather structure. Normally, her- Police identified the accused. — PTI Legislative Assembly, the Siddaramaiah, D.K. Road, at 12.17 pm, and a on Sunday. — DEBASISH DEY itage buildings have wood- deceased as Thankavelu, prospects of the Shivakumar (water major fire call was made rushed to the spot. The men enter quickly. Six peo- en staircases and exten- 32, a native of Dindigul Congress-JD(S) coalition resources minister) or at 12.25 am as smoke had blaze was eventually extin- ple were stuck on the floor sive use of wood altogeth- in Tamil Nadu. government winning the Mallikarjun Kharge (for- accumulated in the build- guished at 4 pm but owing where the fire had broken er with narrow escape The meteorological CENTRE PITCHES trust vote on Monday look mer Congress MP) ing. to the building’s vintage out and one of them, Yusuf ways which makes fire department has warned pretty bleak. become CM, their stand Four fire engines, four design, most of its win- Punawala (50), who experi- fighting challenging,” said the fishermen against On Sunday, the rebels will not change, they jumbo water tankers and dows lacked grills and slid- enced ‘critical suffocation’, MFB’s chief fire officer, venturing into the sea in METROLITE FOR (many of whom are added. two turntable ladders were ing glasses, which help fire- was admitted to the ICU of P.S. Rahangdale. view of the bad weather. Siddaramaiah loyalists), The idea of a new CM to SMALL CITIES while talking to reporters resolve the crisis in the in Mumbai, said they coalition was made public New Delhi: The Centre has were not bothered even if by Mr D.K. Shivakumar, proposed light urban rail there was a change of who claimed that JD(S) transit system — ‘Metrolite’ — guard in the coalition leaders have assured him Bangla minister to meet Taslima secures in small cities and towns hav- government (a new CM) that they were ready for ing lower projection of rider- and asserted that they every possible sacrifice, ship, with each train having would not yield to any including a change of three coaches and a restrict- amount of pressure as incumbent CM H.D. Shah on Aug. 7 India visit India stay permit ed speed of 25 kmph. The they were united. "We Kumaraswamy and his Union housing and urban have no plans of coming replacement with a DC CORRESPONDENT ror cooperation. cussed threadbare, they DC CORRESPONDENT affairs ministry has issued back to Bengaluru to vote Congress CM. Speaking with agency inputs According to sources added. India shares a NEW DELHI, JULY 21 ZShe was, last week, standard specifications of in favour of the confi- to reporters, Mr NEW DELHI, JULY 21 this will be the first inter- 4,096-km-long border with given a three-month the ‘Metrolite’ system which dence motion, nor will we Shivakumar said: "JD(S) action that Mr Shah will Bangladesh. The Union home ministry residence permit fol- will be developed on surface withdraw our resigna- leaders are not averse to Bangladesh home minis- have with a foreign leader “Anti-terror coopera- on Sunday extended the lowing which she took and elevated stretches. tions which were given to Mr Kumaraswamy being ter Asaduzzaman Khan after assuming charge as tion, movement of illegal residence permit of to Twitter requesting According to the ministry, the Speaker last week," replaced by Congress will visit India on August the country’s home minis- immigrants, and smug- cntroversial Bangladeshi home minister Amit the ‘Metrolite’, which can be they said. leaders like Mallikarjun 7 during which he will ter two months ago. Mr gling of cattle, arms and author Taslima Nasreen Shah for extending it developed at a lower cost in The rebels felt the coali- Kharge, Siddaramaiah, hold bilateral talks with Khan will have bilateral ammunition and a few for one year. Ms Taslima, for one year comparison with existing tion leaders were trying Parameshwar or myself. home minister Amit talks with the home min- other issues are expected a citizen of Sweden, has metro system, will also to create confusion Hence, we are sure of get- Shah, who is expected to ister on August 7 when to be discussed in Mr been getting residence act as feeder system to high among them by claiming ting the rebels back into flag issues like illegal issues concerning both Shah’s dialogue with Mr permit on a continuous capacity Metro. The three- that Mr Siddaramaiah the Congress fold." immigration and anti-ter- the countries will be dis- Khan,” sources said. basis since 2004. coach train will have capaci- Ms Taslima’s residence ty of carrying 300 passen- permit has been further gers. Sources said the gov- ■ extended for one more ernment would provide METRO | CHOICE Chennai frontrunner, world largest plane had landed in Hyd year till July 2020. The 56- financial assistance to year-old writer was last states to implement the light week given a three-month urban rail transit system. The residence permit follow- ‘Metrolite’ system will have a ing which she took to only. Hope Honourable dedicated path separating Runway length to decide Xi venue Twitter requesting home Home Minister the road traffic with it. For minister Amit Shah for @HMOIndia will recon- segregation with road traffic, SRIDHAR place in October this year. has accommodated the A380 arrived in New Delhi on ment is able to showcase extending it for one year. sider to extend my resi- fencing can be provided on KUMARASWAMI | DC Metropolitan cities, and the supermassive Sunday to assume his the rich culture of the “Hon’ble @amitshah ji, I dence permit for at least either side of network. The NEW DELHI, JULY 21 including those in south- Antonov-225, the largest air- responsibilities. “Just country to the visiting sincerely thank you for 1year,(sic),” she tweeted ministry stated that metro ern India such as Chennai, craft in the world. arrived at Delhi with my high-level Chinese delega- extending my residence on July 17. Following the rail system being developed A runway big enough for are therefore also learnt to The two sides are expect- wife Bao Jiqing. Sincere tion. permit. But I’m surprised extension of the resi- at present is of high capacity the aircraft carrying be under consideration, ed to discuss possible ven- greetings to the #Indian President Xi has visited it’s only for 3M. I apply for dence permit for one year, which is required for bigger Chinese President Xi along with a few possible ues and things could prob- people. Look forward to New Delhi and 5yrs but I’ve been getting Ms Taslima again took to cities with very high rider- Jinping and his large venues in other parts of ably be firmed up when working with #Indian gov- Ahmedabad in September 1yr extension. Hon’ble Twitter. “Twitter is so ship. Seeing the success of high-powered delegation the country. While there external affairs minister ernment and friends from 2014 as well as well as Goa Rajnathji assured me I powerful ! On July16 I existing metro system, sever- to land directly from had earlier been specula- S. Jaishankar visits all sectors for building bet- for the Brics summit in would get an extension tweeted my residence per- al small cities and towns Beijing is believed to be tion about Varanasi — Mr Beijing in August, in what ter #China-#India rela- October 2016. Speculation for 50yrs. India is my only mit wasn’t extended. On want rail-based mass rapid one of the key parameters Modi’s Lok Sabha con- will be a final preparatory tions,” the new Chinese was rife that other possi- home. I’m sure you’ll July 17 it was extended, transit system, which could when the Indian and stituency — being one of visit ahead of the meet. envoy tweeted. ble venues like Varanasi come to my rescue (sic). but only for 3 months. So be fulfilled by light urban rail Chinese sides jointly the contenders, assess- As consultations are Sources told this newspa- or perhaps even a couple Everytime I apply for the many Twitter friends transit system. The 'Metrolite' decide the venue for the ments will probably be already underway ahead per that the venue for the of cities in tourism-friend- extension of my Indian requested MHA to extend system will have shelter plat- second informal summit made on whether the of the summit, that will informal summit was yet ly Rajasthan could be in residence permit for 5 it for longer period. It’s forms. Metrolite platforms in India between Varanasi airport runway take place in less than to be finalised, at least till the reckoning. But factors years, I get extension for extended for 1yr today. will not have AFC gates, President Xi and Prime fits the bill in this regard three months from now, last week. In all probabili- such as the runway length 1year. This time i applied Thanks MHA to change platform screen doors, X-ray Minister Narendra Modi, or not. newly-appointed Chinese ty, the venue will be one seem to be now weighing for the extension for decision. Love my Twitter and baggage scanner. — PTI that is expected to take The Hyderabad airport ambassador Sun Weidong where the Indian govern- in prominently. 5years, I get for 3 months friends,” she said. c m y k c m y k MIND POWER RICHARD NIXON ERNEST HEMINGWAY PAGE If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. 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Iran crisis grows, India Subhani needs to promote peace he Indian government has reached out to Iran for securing the release and repatriation of 18 Indian sailors who were among the 23-member crew on board the British-flagged oil tanker Stena TImpero. India will have to do much more than that to defuse the rising tensions in West Asia where Iran has been responding to events after the further tightening of sanctions by the United States. The imme- diate cause of the latest conflagration was the impounding of an Iranian oil tanker near Gibraltar, in which British troops were involved, around two weeks ago. The action was premised on the oil constituting illegal sup- ply to Syria. Considering the close ties India has with Iran, in a fine bal- ancing act of its relations with Saudi Arabia as well as the United Arab Emirates, where millions of its citizens live, the country should be play- ing a more active peacemaking role to cool down the escalating heat in the Strait of Hormuz. The shooting of drones and the ordering of airstrikes, which were then LETTERS called off at the last minute by US President Donald Trump, were not mea- CRIMINAL WASTAGE sures that really helped to keep the peace. The United States had been India needs to rework putting the heat on Iran after unilaterally It is a welcome move by withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal signed the Hyderabad Metropoli- Good relations during the Barack Obama presidency, and fur- ther tightening sanctions from May this year. tan Water Supply and Sew- between India and erage Board to impose fine Iran are extremely As its history suggests, Iran may not take things lying down. It should, however, be for water wastage (Hefty important and the its tactics on Pak, J&K aware of the fact that the UK and other fine for water wastage, July geopolitical European countries have been trying to get the significance of the US to back the old nuclear deal, while being during the Trump presi- minister Theresa May 21). However, this step is Chabahar Port keen to avoid a confrontation with Iran. It is in dency slipped into open will resign, and the not enough because many cannot be lost this context that the seizure of a UK-flagged oil distrust. India has count- process begin to install illegal buildings are coming tanker has to be viewed as a grave provoca- ed on this dissonance to her successor – most like- up which will be using the sight of. The Asian tion, but then Britain had dallied in the Iran K.C. Singh pillory and pressure ly to be Boris Johnson. waters are tense oil tanker issue to invite this counteraction at Pakistan. The White On the same day Robert water supply. The Board enough... a time when Britain is vulnerable with a lame House statement on the Mueller, the former FBI must form committees in duck Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street. eve of visit reads that the head who investigated very locality or colony to Good relations between India and Iran are bilateral meeting is to the Russian collusion extremely important and the geopolitical significance of the Chabahar “discuss a range of issues, charges against the monitor water use. Port cannot be lost sight of. The Asian waters are tense enough with an including counter-terror- Trump electoral mach- Marium Khan international effort named Operation Sentinel trying to police the key efore heading Consular Convention of ism, defence, energy, ine, will depose before the Hyderabad shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz, which sees a third of the to Washington 1963. While Pakistan trade, with the goal of cre- US Congress. Mr Mueller world’s shipped oil being moved. India is currently buying oil from other to meet US claimed victory as the ating the conditions for a has said he would stick to Arab suppliers as well as the United States to make up for the ban on President Do- court did not ask for the peaceful South Asia and explaining his report and I appreciate the Water Board’s Iranian imports. It’s still an important time for diplomacy, rather than nald Trump on release and repatriation an enduring partner- not launch a witch-hunt decision to impose fines on those brinkmanship, which President Trump is known to favour. Iran should BJuly 22, Pakistan Prime of Jadhav, the court ship”. Clearly, the against the incumbent US who waste water. However, the also respond to reasonable peace efforts. The Iran nuclear question is not Minister Imran Khan sought a review of the Afghan endgame, in President, but it would authorities must not forget that it going to be solved in a hurry, but peace must be pursued regardless. opened up his country’s judgment, immediate which Pakistan has now distract an already elec- is their duty to plug the leakages. It airspace to international consular access for India been co-opted by China, tion-oriented Mr Trump. has been reported that water was flights, after months of and Jadhav being Russia and the US to help, Thus, a visible bonhomie spilling constantly on to the road in closure, and rearrested informed of his rights has altered US percep- between Mr Trump and Kaladera and Malakpet for several Hafiz Saeed, the master- accordingly. tions on Pakistan consid- Mr Khan can result in a days but it wasn’t fixed. The autho- A ‘doer’ who changed Delhi mind behind terror group Pakistan agreed to erably. India on the other more confident Pakistan rities and civilians must work Lashkar-e-Tayyaba. Pre- grant the access, but hand has been left on the willing to test the post- together in solving this crisis. he manner of her stewardship of Delhi as Chief Minister for 15 long sident Trump promptly many other issues linger. sidelines of the Afghan Balakot retaliatory doc- Vilas Penurkar years (1998-2013) had made Sheila Dikshit, who passed away sudden- tweeted his happiness First, will Indian high game as President Trump trine of India. Hyderabad Tly in New Delhi on Saturday at the age of 81, a household name in the over the latter as that commission officials be wants to withdraw US Therefore, India would country. group has American in physical proximity of troops after a face-saving have to tailor its When Ms Dikshit became CM, she was a middle-rung Congress politi- blood on its hands, hav- the detainee and relative- peace pact with the Pakistan policy accord- RELIGIOUSLY SECULAR cian who had been a minister of state in the government of the late Rajiv ing undertaken the 26/11 ly free to converse with- American presidential ingly. During Track II It is heart-warming to read that the Gandhi. By the time she left office after a stunning defeat, she had become attacks in Mumbai over a out close monitoring? It is election approaching in interactions with Shahi Masjid authorities are pro- a prominent national figure for imparting modernity to the nation’s capi- decade ago. Pakistan had unlikely that the 2020. Meanwhile, India Pakistanis, some uncer- viding free legal assistance to citi- tal. It was to this that Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred when he earlier linked its airspace Pakistan Army will allow and the US are wrestling tainty is visible over the zens (Lawyers give free legal aid at visited her residence to pay tribute after her death. reopening to India this, and may in fact with trade issues that new Indian doctrine of Shahi Masjid, July 21). This secu- Ms Dikshit built the Delhi Metro, which became a virtual blueprint for removing its Air Force repeat the theatre enact- have episodically riled pre-emptive or retaliato- lar act by a religious institution is underground suburban rail transport in other major cities in India. She fighters from forward ed when Jadhav’s mother President Trump enough ry military action if India commendable because it will help built dozens of flyovers and new schools and hospitals. It was in her time deployment. New Delhi and wife sat across a glass to fire angry tweets. is attacked by Pakistan- the economically backward get jus- in office that the “Bhagidari” system came about, letting residential wel- had rejected that dem- partition and conversed Thus, a bull-headed based terror groups tice at their doorstep. fare associations play a part in determining civic amenities. Some green- and. Pakistan’s volte face over the intercom and Pakistani policy may be known to be sponsored Baglekar Akash Kumar ing of Delhi also occurred during her tenure when CNG replaced diesel in may have been prompted under intrusive over- losing its value as the by the Pakistani mili- Hyderabad the city's bus service. by a desire to show the US sight of security officials. world has other distrac- tary. But Pakistan is The highly successful Commonwealth Games — holding which let Delhi its reasonableness in Second, Pakistan has tions and likely diminish- emerging from its isola- acquire huge infrastructural assets — were held when Ms Dikshit was dealing with India. The agreed to review the judg- ing empathy for Indian tion and economic mess. FIXING RESPONSIBILITY CM, although the Games were wracked by corruption scandals. same may be behind ment as per their own complaints over If the US opens the mili- The new Municipal Act has given While the Chief Minister herself was never personally seen as corrupt, Pakistan’s accommoda- prescribed procedures, Pakistani duplicity and tary assistance tap and more powers to district collectors sports bureaucrats and unscrupulous contractors allegedly had a field day tive approach to the which may entail its sub- sponsorship of terror. restarts financial aid over public representatives to run since, in India, preparations for even major events get pushed to the last Kartarpur Sahib Corri- mission to the Chie of The seizure by Iran of a under the garb of com- the administration. The Act says, minute, permitting a sense of emergency to build up which is exploited by dor as it dropped from its Army Staff or the British oil tanker, in pensation for counter-ter- “Public representatives who fail to shady elements. delegation controversial President. Pakistan is retaliation for an Iranian rorism operations, then deliver their duties will be disqual- In a rapidly urbanising India, “doer” politicians who are efficient, adept pro-Khalistan leader unlikely to concede that oil tanker carrying oil to Pakistan may draw the ified or dismissed and will not be and charming — as Ms Dikshit was — are badly needed. Gopal Singh Chawla. due to the serious proce- Syria being seized by the wrong conclusion. It will paid any remuneration.” Similar to Indian sensitivity on this dural flaw of denying the British near Gibraltar, continue to seek strategic this, MLAs should be monitored by issue was manifest when accused access to his ups the ante in the Gulf. depth in Afghanistan by the Centre, which in turn, should DECCAN CHRONICLE an expatriate organisa- country’s diplomatic mis- Britain has already helping instal a Taliban be overseen by the President. tion, Sikhs For Justice sion and thus provision warned its tankers from dispensation in Kabul Vaddeti Venunath A.T. JAYANTI T. VENKATESWARLU (SFJ), pushing the of proper legal assistance, transiting the Straits of and await Pakistan get- Hyderabad Editor Printer & Publisher Referendum 2020 over the entire trial was vitiat- Hormuz. Operation ting off the “grey list” of Khalistan, was banned. ed. 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espite the Indian media’s a “small” counterterrorism force in locales and finally took place last the Beijing consultations but refused missile issues and relations with assumptions of a US strate- Afghanistan. Two weeks ago, US month in Doha coterminously with to participate. Iran has close tradi- Iran. gic volte-face, Islamabad Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the separate US-Taliban talks. tional relations with the Tajiks, Pakistan would do well to avoid Dwould do well to acknowl- in Kabul that “the time for peace has This two-day intra-Afghan session Hazaras and Shias, and new rela- assuming additional obligations on edge that the Trump administration come”. He hoped for a political settle- issued a positive declaration express- tions with some hard-line Taliban the western or eastern front. Over- still views its relations with Pakistan ment by September 1. ing the desire of all Afghan parties commanders. If US-Iran tensions promising and under-delivering largely through the prism of While the troop withdrawal and and groups to reduce civilian casual- escalate, Tehran could severely dis- could reopen the mistrust and acri- Munir Akram Afghanistan. President Donald counterterrorism agreements are ties “to zero” and preserve rupt the Afghan peace process. mony that has dogged Pakistan-US Trump’s desire for an early end to ready, the US special envoy, Zalmay Afghanistan’s unity and sovereignty Despite its bold and continuing ties since at least 2005. America’s longest war is the princi- Khalilzad, has so far insisted on and Islamic principles. facilitation of the US-Taliban talks, Instead, Pakistan should expect View from Pakistan pal reason for his invitation to Prime resolving two other issues simulta- An Afghan political settlement will until now, Pakistan has not secured that its strong support to the desired Minister Imran Khan. neously: an intra-Afghan dialogue not be durable unless it is supported any tangible reciprocity from the US peace process will finally yield some Pakistan has played a key role in between the Taliban and Kabul gov- by regional powers and Afghan- (apart from the designation of the gestures of US support. The US could facilitating the Afghan peace process ernment and a general ceasefire, istan’s immediate neighbours BLA as a terrorist entity). On the take action against the TTP and BLA; and the US-Taliban talks. These have tweeting that “nothing is agreed Pakistan and Iran. The US special contrary, until recently, Washington help in monitoring and fencing the Pak aided US, reportedly made encouraging until everything is agreed”. US with- envoy adroitly commenced a trilater- maintained economic pressure on Pakistan-Afghanistan border; pre- progress over the past few months. drawal from Afghanistan could be al US-Russia-China dialogue to build Pakistan via the IMF and FATF, and lease blocked CSF monies; and pro- An agreement on the withdrawal of delayed if the US insists on the con- regional consensus. Indeed, Afghan- demanded action against the leaders mote Afghan refugee repatriation. US-Nato troops has evidently been clusion of intra-Afghan negotiations istan is one place where the three of the proscribed pro-Kashmiri Washington could adopt more even- Taliban talks; reached between the US and the before troop withdrawals commence. major powers, despite their global organisations (LeT and JeM) which handed policies towards Pakistan Afghan Taliban, although no The Taliban have rejected direct rivalry, may have a convergent Pakistan has taken. and India. Further, the US adminis- timetable for the withdrawal has talks with the Ashraf Ghani govern- interest in fighting terrorism and In the Washington talks, the US is tration could encourage its corpora- been finalised. The Taliban, for their ment (which they consider a US pup- promoting stability. likely to ask Pakistan to “do more” to tions and private equity firms to but didn’t get part, have agreed to prevent terror- pet), but are willing to engage with At their last meeting in Beijing, persuade the Taliban to negotiate actively consider investment in ism against the US and third coun- all Afghans, including members of Pakistan was invited to join the three with Kabul and accept a ceasefire. It Pakistan to revive growth and tries from Afghan territory post a set- the government in their personal great powers to expand regional sup- may also go beyond Afghanistan to unleash its vast economic potential. any reward tlement. It is unclear if the US will capacity. An informal dialogue port for an Afghan peace settlement. seek assurances regarding the ask, as it did earlier, to leave behind process was attempted in several Iran was reportedly also invited to Kashmir insurgency, nuclear and By arrangement with Dawn Word SPY BOOMSAYER SOCIALLY PRODUCED PAGE A person who predicts boom Created in collaboration with other people, particularly Oped 9 times and good news by using a website designed for such a purpose DECCAN CHRONICLE MONDAY | 22 JULY 2019 | HYDERABAD Resurgence in US-Pak ties may be on the cards

strategic purpose to allow the President Trump’s its relationship with the US, security assistance to Pakistan, state was in New Delhi recent- pan-Islamic configuration from desire to withdraw all and not an adjunct. However, accusing it of offering nothing ly, possibly for consultations the conflict in Afghanistan to as the economic situation wor- but “lies and deceit” while giv- on exactly these issues. How- travel to Jammu and Kashmir, US forces from sened, the realisation dawned ing safe haven to terrorists, a ever, the US has somehow Syed Ata Hasnain and also assist it securing flag- Afghanistan could not that without the US there was charge angrily rejected by always had greater faith in the ship status in the Islamic world. have been expressed little scope for any bailouts, Islamabad. Perhaps Mr Trump Pakistan Army than in any It wasn’t in convergence with at a more appropriate and China’s capability in was briefed later about Paki- civilian dispensation. It is dou- US interests any longer, which juncture for Pakistan. It financial support and willing- stan’s strategic importance for btful it will bat for greater dilu- was inclined towards neutralis- ness to part with money was the US to achieve various secu- tion of control of the Pakistan ing the rising tide of Islamism, is the natural frontline highly suspect. President rity ends. He has been more Army on the various institu- as seen in the war in Bosnia state to mastermind Trump’s desire to withdraw all conciliatory since then. Imran tions; at least definitely not for akistan Prime Union. Pakistan’s strongly and the turbulence in the South the post-US US forces from Afghanistan Khan has prepared for this now. Mr Trump wants some Minister Imran emerging relationship with Asia region, generated by withdrawal situation. could not have been expressed visit; attempted some indica- symbolic visibility imme- Khan is now in China, designed on the back of Pakistan. The clash of US inter- at a more appropriate juncture tors to the US that Pakistan is diately to communicate the se- the United its failing relationship with ests with those of Pakistan also as far as Pakistan is concerned. serious about improving the riousness of getting troops out States to meet India, gave it the fillip to pro- arose from the latter’s nucleari- particularly after the blowback It is the natural frontline state security environment of South of Afghanistan well before the President gressively maintain close rela- sation and emerging potential which hit it after 2007, and to mastermind the post-US Asia. The situation in Kashmir election campaign next year. Donald Trump tions with both, the US and of being a state which could which it claims it has fully withdrawal situation and facil- has been possibly calibrated to All the above indicates that on July 22, and China. The events at the end of melt down with its military rolled back after Operation itate the arrival at a desired a low. The airspace over the US, while comprehending perhaps cash in on the visible 1979, the Iranian revolution and nuclear assets falling into the Zarb-e-Azb in 2017. situation through assistance Pakistan has been opened for the threats, may not go for long- resurgenceP in US-Pakistan rela- the Soviet invasion of hands of radicals; the prover- Pakistan’s strategic orienta- for talks between the US and commercial airlines flying to term stabilisation but rather tions after the serious Afghanistan, both gave bial worst-case scenario imag- tion and delusionary self-inter- the Taliban. and from India. Hafiz Saeed, for short-term electoral gains American efforts to withdraw Pakistan the opportunity to ined by the US. Pakistan had to ests have brought it to the Prime Minister Imran Khan the Pakistani terrorist leader for the Trump administration. from Afghanistan began a year cozy up with the US and Saudi be treated gingerly thereafter. brink of economic disaster. It has arrived at Washington with a $10 million US bounty on The opportunity it is getting of ago. A review of the hot and Arabia in a commonality of Then 9/11 brought Pakistan had to recently enter into an with this background. He cer- his head, has been arrested for putting Pakistan on the mat cold US-Pakistan relationship strategic interests. Pakistan back into the reckoning as a IMF bailout process for the tainly knows that Pakistan the umpteenth time and incar- and extracting from it enough would reveal the direction this became the frontline state frontline state. The US needed 13th time since the 1980s. The holds a couple of cards related cerated in jail. to pull it back from the way- effort is likely to flow in — receiving military wherewithal it like never before; a war in $6 billion loan has come with to US interests in Afghanistan. Mr Trump and his advisers ward ways it has followed is north or south. Over five from the US and finances from Afghanistan could not be conditionalities, but is a land- However, the situation for need to look at the larger pic- likely to be given a go-by. For decades ago, during the Cold the Saudis to keep the Soviets at fought from air heads in mark, which once crossed, Pakistan is much larger than ture. The potential of Pakistan the nth time the US-Pakistan War, Pakistan had consciously bay and hem Shia Iran from the Tajikistan or Turkmenistan; allows the flow of funds from just Afghanistan. It needs US being a menace for the interna- strategic relationship may see entered into strategic alliances east respectively. As the Cold the logistics could only travel other nations due to the rep- investment for its starving tional community, with its a revival, the effects of which like Seato and Cento with the War ended, Pakistan’s impor- via Karachi since Iran was a osed IMF confidence grudging- economy and assurance of con- extremely weak social parame- will not be in the interests of US, to enhance its relations tance dwindled to an extent, pariah. Since then, Pakistan’s ly supported by the US. It is tinued support in that direc- ters, must be realised. Mixed India and the rest of the world. with a superpower and draw its although the handling of strategic importance for the US also under investigation by the tion. To do the convincing, with the after-effects of a poten- support towards the overall Afghanistan in the post-conflict has remained a grudging phe- Financial Action Task Force Pakistan Army chief Gen. tial full US pullout from The writer, a retired security needs that it perceived. period should have been an nomenon. That has given (FATF) for insufficient action Qamar Javed Bajwa is accom- Afghanistan, the Af-Pak region lieutenant-general, is a Its high value as a US ally real- even more important phase. Pakistan a certain leeway to against terror financing net- panying the Prime Minister. could deteriorate to conditions former commander of the ly emerged in 1969 when US However, by then Pakistan had play its cards and continue works; the final report is due His presence is apparently to of such instability and violence Srinagar-based 15 Corps. He is President Richard M. Nixon entered the game of radical building its capability in the in October 2019. There was a convince US officials that the that the jihad factories would also associated with the decided to engage with China to extremism. Consciously, conduct of irregular wars while when Pakistan started to powerful Pakistan Army will all re-emerge and create havoc Vivekananda International tilt the international balance Pakistan promoted a radical which it has used as a weapon consider its relationship with play ball on US interests. Last not just locally, but also inter- Foundation and the Institute of against its arch-foe, the Soviet brand of Islam to serve its of its self-empowerment. This is China as a full alternative to year, Mr Trump cut off much nationally. The US secretary of Peace and Conflict Studies. The hypocrisy of Wimbledon, World Cup & Boris: UK leaders’ support It’s an exciting time in the UK for press freedom Boris Johnson’s arrival in 40-plus years. Once the dou- undergarments be cleaned as a new Prime ble-tied match ended with after each day’s use. Others Trevor Kavanagh England’s victory, Lords are telling us how washing in Minister without ground exploded. The cold water is better and more Kishwar Desai having won a general audience had as many people energy saving than hot water. election is another from the diaspora of the sub- But of course, until people trend. Since the end of continent as the natives. don’t return to the good old ynical old hacks like Kay in the dock for breaking Champagne bottles exploded. bucket bath, and give up me have been amused major stories, including the London Diary World War II, he will Without anyone noticing, showers and bath tubs — con- by the chorus of estab- scandal over soldiers sent into be the eighth such Moeen Ali and Rashid quietly sumption of water will Clishment applause for battle against Taliban gunfire Prime Minister. disappeared so as not to be remain very high. the Mail on Sunday’s great and roadside bombs protected s the country unlikely to be arrested (free- Five of them have drenched in alcohol — per- Kim Darroch scoop. Our elect- only by canvas-topped Land awaits a new dom of the press is dear to all) been Conservative. haps because it is considered f you really want to have ed masters were outraged, Rovers. Prime Minister, but the prospect was raised by haraam. With the Barbados- high tea, there is now a rightly, by threats from the Thanks to Sir Keir, our the period of the assistant police commis- born Jofra Archer as the Iplace near Victoria where Met’s assistant commissioner Whitehall editor Clodagh uncertainty has sioner, Neil Basu, who spoke English player who bowled you can spend a fortune on a Neil Basu to criminalise edi- Hartley spent two years await- Ameant that it is open season about stern action against been the son-in-law of Punjab. the super over, the English pot of tea. Rubens Hotel tors who publish leaked ing trial for revealing a snippet for Londoners to engage in leaks of this nature. The However, rumours are that team is multi-racial. But then, serves a rare brand of Sri memos. Politicians left, right from Alistair Darling’s Budget. conspiracy theories. One of excitement is natural as there Rishi Sunak, who has been a as someone said, English men Lankan tea which has to be and centre condemned an The stress led to her leaving them revolves around the is no one really in charge junior minister, is up for pro- at last did what women did sipped slowly on its own. The assault on press freedom. Alan journalism. question of who actually right now. The civil service motion and Priti Patel will be long ago. Rachel Hayhoe Flint tea leaves are carefully Rusbridger, saintly ex-editor of Nobody then spoke up about revealed the diplomatic seems to be the one safe har- back as well. had captained the English weighed and measured. Water the Guardian, demanded to the casual abuse of police bail, cables sent by the former bour in these uncertain times, Boris is great at making up women’s side to a World Cup at exactly the required tem- know what they taught bud- which put the lives of innocent ambassador to the US, Sir and to mix metaphors, is it fake news all by himself and victory 40 years ago. perature is poured over it by ding bobbies in police college citizens on hold while callous Kim Darroch, about Donald turning into a leaky ship? has been doing it for many the tea sommelier. Three these days. “I would like to sug- cops toyed with their liberty. I Trump. Now a remarkably years. Just two days ago, he limate change being the helpings are possible. The gest a new and compulsory want to stress here that I am young journalist, 19-year-old he other excitement is in held up a kipper in a plastic new fashionable con- price? Just £500. course,” he said. “Let’s call it not talking about phone-hack- Steve Edginton, has claimed politics. We are in the bag and said it was the Ccern, celebrities are ‘The Basics Of Free Speech’. ing, a clearly defined crime for he had dug them out from a Tlast week of Theresa European Union regulations joining the act. Stella The writer is an award- Lesson number one. The police which some News of the World civil service source. Mr May’s prime ministerial which had forced all fish to be McCartney, the fashion winning author. Her new do not tell newspaper editors journalists went to prison. Edginton says, in a newspa- career in which she has fur- wrapped in plastic bags with designer and Beatle Paul book, Jallianwala Bagh, what to write.” This was about journalists per article, that he had been ther transformed into some- ice cushions. Thus was yet McCartney’s daughter, claims 1919: The Real Story, has Others piled in: Boris doing their job, working in working on a story where he one bold and funny and deci- another anti-EU story but it that she does not insist her just been published. Johnson and Jeremy Hunt exactly the same way as “decided to aim big and inves- sive. On Sunday, she was at turned out to be totally fake: it both defended newspapers’ Guardian staff, revealing to tigate how the civil service the Wimbledon Men’s Final is a UK regulation, not EU. right to publish. So did the public major news stories has been preparing for Brexit, as well as the final overs of Typical Boris. Labour’s John McDonnell and that the government preferred including what senior govern- the Cricket World Cup and Boris Johnson’s arrival as a Emily Thornberry, claiming to to conceal. ment officials really think ended the evening dancing new Prime Minister without be disgusted even though they Nor am I alone in believing about our impending depar- away. Her reign may seem having won a general election support a second Leveson those criminal charges were ture from the European short, but it lasted more than is another trend. Since the inquiry more draconian than trumped up. At an appeal court Union.” 1,000 days, and she was Prime end of World War II, he will be the first. Everyone, it seems, is hearing, Lord Thomas, Lord He came across the letter Minister longer than at least the eighth such Prime saying that the press must be Chief Justice, asked prosecu- written by Sir Kim during the three other Prime Ministers Minister. Five of them have free to publish information so tors why they had kept chang- course of his investigation — — Anthony Eden, Alec been Conservative: Eden, long as it does not breach exist- ing the charges against the though this was unrelated to Douglas-Home and Gordon Macmillan, Home, Major and ing laws. journalists. The CPS could not Brexit. The publication of the Brown. May. Two — Callaghan and So where were our newfound answer. This was the moment cables in turn led to a row in We await the result of the Brown — were Labour. champions the last time we the infamous Elveden which Mr Trump called Sir contest within the went around this foetid mul- Persecution, the longest and Kim “wacky” and the diplo- Conservative Party, but it he best of all possible berry bush? Seven years ago, costliest police operation in mat had to go. Now, Mr looks pretty certain to be and most nail biting dozens of innocent journalists Scotland Yard’s history, began Edginton apparently fears Boris Johnson. But for his Toccasion of course was had their lives put on hold — to disintegrate. In the end, all arrest but says he will not recent separation from his the World Cup cricket victory or careers destroyed — when 21 Sun journalists were exon- reveal his source. He is wife Marina, he could have for England for the first time ‘Of course, you’re too young to remember the boring game.’ they were not just threatened erated. The Lord Chief Justice by police, but prosecuted on ruled no crime may have been trumped-up charges. Anti-ter- committed. ror cops launched dawn raids, Lord Thomas’ words resonate ripping up floorboards from today: “What concerns me is 50 YEARS AGO IN their homes and tearing their the freedom of the press and Schools should also teach compassion cars’ innards apart. the desire of officials to contain One senior journalist was information. We must ensure ing. What is encouraged in towards oneself, jealousy forced to stand by as police the press is protected. We can’t the name of education is and anger towards others. rummaged through the under- use criminal sanctions to competitiveness and ambi- This important aspect of wear drawer of his tearful 14- undermine their position.” He Swami Chaitanya tiousness, something very education is missing in all MOON IS CONQUERED year-old daughter. Wedding went on to declare that, while unhealthy for the human schools, colleges and vari- photos, love letters and even it might be an offence for a pub- Keerti heart, though good for the ous institutions of learn- Eagle lifts off — Luna Magic Roundabout DVDs were lic official to sell information, mind and ego. Because of ing. The solution to this lands seized along with laptops and it was not an offence for a too much emphasis on problem is simple: Let mobile phones. newspaper to pay for it. competitive- teachers learn HOUSTON, TEXAS, July 21. There was precious little out- This was a landmark ruling, ness and ambi- something that rage from MPs then. Far from one that every police officer tiousness, the creates a PRECISELY at 0316 a.m. (IST) today trumpeting about the “basics (and government minister) tudent stabs teacher attacked her. She was whole world sacred atmos- the Lunar Module, Eagle, redocked of free speech”, Mr Rusbridger should be aware of. Yet Neil over holiday home- stabbed at least three has become phere in which with the Command Module Colum- and his newspaper seemed to Basu’s threat to criminalise work” — Recently, times in her stomach. very violent the teachers bia. Earlier, Eagle lifted off the moon enjoy watching the victims — news-gathering suggests the Sthis strange head- This is not the only case and unliveable. are loving and successfully at 11-24 p.m. (IST) including 21 of my colleagues police have learned nothing line in a newspaper was of violence between a stu- Educational compassionate Monday and entered the lunar orbit from the Sun — being treated from Operation Elveden. most disturbing and dent and a teacher. Such institutions are and the stu- as a preliminary to the docking oper- like criminals and bracing As for the politicians’ wel- shocking, and made me cases are happening in mainly respon- dents have rev- ations. Orbital insertion occurred at themselves for jail. come support for the Mail on worried. I started thinking many schools and colleges sible for this erence for their 1801 GMT (2331 IST). Interestingly, I did not hear Sunday, would there have been about the problem: What where the students come sad state of affairs. A teachers. It could happen At 2.35 a.m. the Eagle moonship’s the voice of Sir Keir Starmer, such a furore if the e-mails had made the 16-year-old boy to learn to transform young student is not being if both the teachers and engines fired briefly today to begin ex-director of public prosecu- been rude about President do this? This student in a themselves into educated taught the necessary ways students learn the art of the final phase of its manoeuvres to a tions, among those clamouring Obama, not Trump? private school stabbed his and evolved human beings of love and compassion. meditation — meditating rendezvous with the command ship for press freedom this week. It Press freedom is under attack teacher in some village — that is naturally the He or she feels inferior to together should become a Columbia. was Sir Keir, a close ally of on many fronts, from super- near Sonepat when she main purpose of these other students who are priority. If in ancient The American moonwalkers lifted then Prime Minister Gordon injunctions to the sour intoler- asked him for his home- institutes. But we need to brighter. And the brighter gurukuls, meditation did off to rendezvous with their mother- Brown, who launched the ance of the “You can’t say that” work. The teacher told the understand that the atmo- students become the cho- create this sacred atmos- ship shortly after a Russian witch-hunt. It is one reason snowflake generation. We can- police that the student had sphere in most of these sen few and many other phere, it can create it unmanned lunar ship landed on a why some of his fellow Labour not rely on MPs’ synthetic out- not done his homework institutions is not very students live with a heavy today as well. mystery mission. MPs will never vote for him to rage to guarantee its survival. and when she asked him loving. A certain atmos- feeling of not being wor- Four minutes after liftoff the height be leader of their party. for it, he took out a kitchen phere of sacredness is thy. The feeling of unwor- Swami Chaitanya Keerti was reported at 32,000 feet. It was Sir Keir’s team who By arrangement with knife from his bag and required, and that is miss- thiness creates hatred is editor of Osho World put Fleet Street legend John the Spectator Exit plans PAGE British finance minister Philip Hammond says he would resign before Boris Johnson becomes prime World 10 minister as he could never agree to a no-deal Brexit. DECCAN CHRONICLE MONDAY | 22 JULY 2019 | HYDERABAD

TANKER GAMES Iran warns UK against

I hope the 50th anniversary of the escalating tensions first moon walk ■ inspires efforts to UK looking at options to respond after tanker seized Dubai, July 21: Iran’s help the Earth ambassador to Britain BRITISH SHIP GOT WARNING IRANIAN TANKER warned against escalat- PORTUGAL BURNING — Pope Francis ing tensions on Sunday ■ In an audio recording ■ An Iranian BEING DOCKED IN as a UK official failed to released on Sunday, a officer tells rule out sanctions in UK naval officer said the Stena IN BRIEF response to Tehran’s transit of the vessel SAUDI RELEASED A firefighter plane drops water over a wildfire at Relva in Macao, central Portugal on seizure of a British- Impero to must not be impaired change Sunday. More than a thousand firefighters were fighting wildfires, early in the day in flagged oil tanker. Tehran, July 21: An Portugal, which left eight injured in a mountainous region in the centre of the coun- UK called Iran’s cap- Iranian tanker held in Japan to vote Abe course: “You try where fire killed a hundred people in 2017. — AFP ture of the Stena Impero ■ The naval officer from obey, you Saudi Arabia since being to Upper House in the Strait of Hormuz HMS Montrose says forced to seek repairs at on Friday a “hostile act”. will be safe. Jeddah port has been Tokyo: Japanese were vot- Britain needs to con- “You are passing an Alter your released and is returning ing on Sunday in an election tain “those domestic poli- international strait, ... course to to the Islamic republic, a for the upper house of par- tical forces who want to your passage must not 360 degrees, minister said on Sunday. liament, where Prime escalate tension between be impaired, intruded...” The Happiness 1 tanker Imran arrives in US, will Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling Iran and the UK well bey- over”. “was released following bloc is expected to keep the ond the issue of ships,” ■ negotiations and is now majority. Up for grabs are Iran’s envoy Hamid He then tells an Iranian patrol boat: moving toward Persian 124 seats in the less power- Baeidinejad tweeted. “Please confirm you are not intending to Gulf waters,” said trans- meet Trump on Monday ful of Japan’s two chambers “This is quite danger- violate international law” port minister Moha- that doesn’t choose the PM. ous and unwise at a sen- mmad Eslami, quoted by Washington, July 21: ■ TRUMP, in addition There are 245 seats in the sitive time in the region,” ■ After Twitter suspended accounts of state news agency IRNA. Pakistan Prime Minister IMRAN HAS NOTHING to a one-on-one meet- upper house, about half of he said, adding that Iran Iranian state media outlets, it said it The ship was forced to Imran Khan arrived here which are elected every “is firm and ready for dif- acted on harassment of Baha'i people seek repairs in Saudi on his maiden trip to the ing in the Oval Office, NEW TO PROMISE: three years. Media polls ferent scenarios.” Arabia in early May after US during which he will will host the visiting have indicated Abe’s ruling Britain’s junior defence suffering “engine failure hold talks with Donald bloc is expected to keep the minister Tobias Ellwood said: “We are going to be ing signs Iran may be and loss of control”, the Trump and reboot bilater- delegation over a EX-PAK DIPLOMAT majority as most voters con- did not rule out the possi- looking at a series of pick a dangerous path of Iranian oil ministry's al ties that were hit after working lunch at the sider it as a safer choice bility of targeting Iran options ...We will be illegal and destabilising SHANA news agency the US president publicly White House Washington, July 21: over an opposition with with sanctions. speaking with our col- behaviour after Gibra- said at the time. The rare criticised Islamabad, can- Imran Khan’s maiden uncertain track records. “Our first and most leagues, our internation- ltar’s legal detention of docking came despite ris- celled military aid and A large number of visit to the US as Paki- important responsibility al allies, to see what can oil bound for Syria.” ing tensions between asked it to do more to fight Pakistani Americans also stan’s Prime Minister will is to make sure that we actually be done.” In a letter to the U.N. staunch enemies. terrorism. welcomed him. be “weak in substance”, a BA, Lufthansa halt get a solution to the issue Tehran’s seizure of the Security Council, Britain “Yesterday, with follow- Khan, 66, is scheduled to Nawaz Sharif was the former top diplomat said. to do with the current Stena Impero followed said the Stena Impero ups from the ports and meet President Trump at last Pakistani prime min- “Imran Khan will be flights to Cairo ship, make sure other the July 4 capture by was approached by maritime authority the the White House on Mon- ister to visit the US on an selling old wares to a new British-flagged ships are Royal Marines of the Iranian forces in Omani issue was resolved,” day during which the Am- official trip in October US president. There is London: British Airways and safe to operate in these Grace 1 tanker carrying territorial waters where Eslami said. “The tanker erican leadership is likely 2015. nothing he can promise Lufthansa both said on waters and then look at Iranian oil near it was exercising its right is moving towards the to press him to take “deci- During his three-day that hasn’t been promised Saturday they were suspend- the wider picture,” Gibraltar. British foreign of passage, and that the Persian Gulf with the sive and irreversible” visit, Khan, in addition to before,” former Pakistan ing flights to Cairo for Ellwood told Sky News. minister Jeremy Hunt on action “constitutes ille- permission of the Jeddah actions against terrorist his meeting with Trump, ambassador to US unspecified reasons related Asked about the possi- Saturday said Tehran’s gal interference.” port, towed by two and militant groups oper- is also scheduled to meet Hussain Haqqani said. to safety and security. The bility of sanctions, he actions showed “worry- — Reuters Iranian tug boats.”—AFP ating from Pakistani soil IMF acting chief David Khan, 66, accompanied British carrier said it was and facilitate peace talks Lipton and World Bank by Pakistani Army Chief canceling flights to the with the Taliban. President David Malpass. Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa Egyptian capital for a week. The cricketer-turned- Secretary of State Mike and director general of The German airline said nor- politician arrived here on Pompeo will call on him ISI, arrived in the US on mal operations will resume OZ GIRL BEHEADS Saturday afternoon abo- on Tuesday. Saturday afternoon. on Sunday. Both carriers ard a commercial Qatar Trump, in addition to a “The visit will be weak delivered two-sentence MOM, PUTS HEAD Bangla PM halts sedition Airways flight and is stay- one-on-one meeting in the on substance, notwith- statements via email. British ing at the official resi- Oval Office, will host the standing the symbolic Airways attributed its can- dence of the Pakistani visiting delegation over a value of a Pakistani cellations to what it called AT HOME NEARBY Ambassador to the US, working lunch at the prime minister and the its constant review of securi- charge on Hindu woman Asad Majeed Khan. White House on Monday. army chief showing up at ty arrangements at all air- Sydney, July 21: An He was welcomed at the Khan is also scheduled to the White House together ports, calling them “a pre- Australian woman char- Dhaka, July 21: ■ PRIYA SAHA, was obtaining her explanation airport by his foreign meet lawmakers at the US to make new promises on caution to allow for further ged with murder was Bangladesh Prime Mini- seen in a viral video on her comments. minister Shah Mehmood Capitol Hill. counterterrorism cooper- assessment.” Lufthansa said sent for a medical asses- ster Sheikh Hasina has “The prime minister last Qureshi. — PTI ation,” he said. —PTI it was suspending its flights sment amid reports she disapproved a planned telling US President night sent me a message as a precaution, mentioning decapitated her mother government move to file Donald Trump in (from the UK where she is “safety” but not “security” and left the head outside sedition charges against a Washington that the on an official tour), saying as its concern. Company a neighbour’s house. Hindu woman who told no legal action was IMRAN’S PARTY spokespeople would not Police said the body of US President Donald minority communities required to be initiated elaborate on what motivated a 57-year-old woman was Trump in Washington in her country were hastily,” Quader told a Suicide bomber in WINS 5 SEATS IN the suspensions. found inside her Sydney that the minority commu- being persecuted media briefing at the home on Saturday night. nities in her country were party’s Dhanmandi office. PROVINCIAL POLLS They said it as one of being persecuted, a senior But, he maintained that Pak hospital kills 9 Syrian government the “most horrific” minister said on Sunday. people of the minority Saha must make a public crime scenes they had Priya Saha, organising groups disappeared from statement, explaining Islamabad, July 21: A ■ PAKISTANI TALIBAN Islamabad, July 21: bombing kills 11 seen. The woman’s 25- secretary of Bangladesh Bangladesh. what actually she wanted female suicide bomber Independent candidates year-old daughter was Hindu Buddhist Christian Reacting to Saha’s state- to tell Trump. struck outside a hospital claimed the attack but secured six seats while Beirut: Syrian first respon- arrested in the front gar- Unity Council (HBCUC), ment, road transport min- Quader said Liberation in Pakistan on Sunday as did not acknowledge the Prime Minister ders and activists say gov- den of a neighbour’s attended a meeting at the ister Obaidul Quader on War Affairs Minister the wounded were being that the bomber was a Imran Khan's ruling ernment bombing of the last house after allegedly White House on July 19 Saturday told reporters AKM Mozammel Haque brought in from an earli- Tehreek-e-Insaf party rebel stronghold in the putting her mother’s and a video of the meeting that she has made a “false, was set to lodge a sedition er shooting against woman. managed to win in five country has killed at least 11 head on the footpath with Trump subsequently purposeful and treason- case against Saha, but he police, in a complex ■ constituencies in first- civilians, as the nearly four- outside, the Daily went viral on social ous remarks” and a sedi- already conveyed him the assault claimed by the THE BLAST dam- ever provincial elections month offensive shows no Telegraph newspaper media, sparking a contro- tion case will be filed premier’s message and Pakistani Taliban that aged the emergency in the Pakistan's former sign of abating. The Britain- reported. National versy back home. against her. talked to law minister killed a total of nine peo- room and forced it to semi-autonomous tribal based Syrian Observatory broadcaster ABC said In the video, she was However, Quader on Anisul Huq and home ple and wounded another shut down, according region, bordering for Human Rights says six the accused woman seen identifying herself Sunday said Hasina has minister Asaduzzaman 30. Afghanistan, that was people were killed, including appeared in Parramatta as a Bangladeshi national disapproved the move to Khan Kamal as well in Salim Riaz Khan, a sen- to a hospital official once a stronghold of a child, in the government Bail Court via video link and telling the US file sedition charges this regard. ior police officer in Dera militant groups like the bombing of the village of on Sunday, telling the President that 37 million against Saha without — PTI Ismail Khan, said gun- of reprisal. The Pakistani Taliban and al-Qaeda, Urum al-Joz in Idlib court she needed med- men on motorcycles Taliban claimed the officials said on Sunday. province. The Opposition- ical attention. She was opened fire on police in a attack but did not Federally Administered operated Shaam news sent to hospital for med- residential area, killing acknowledge that the Tribal Areas, where the agency says those killed had ical assessment, police two. He said the bomber bomber was a woman. first-ever provincial been displaced from the said. She did not apply then struck at the The group has launched elections were held on southern tip of the rebel for bail. Officers said a Xinjiang inseparable part entrance to the hospital, scores of attacks going Saturday, comprises stronghold. Rescue workers, four-year-old relative killing another four back nearly two decades, seven districts and was White Helmets, say three witnessed the incident, police and three civilians but almost all of them merged with the Khyber children and a woman were and was treated in hos- who were visiting their were carried out by men. Pakhtunkhwa province killed in Kfaruma, south of pital for a minor head of our territory: China relatives. He said eight Pakistan’s military has in May 2018 after a con- Urum al-Joz. injury. — AFP police were among the carried out several major stitutional amendment. Beijing, July 21: that it is holding one mil- country including wounded, and that many operations in recent According to the results Battling a wave of inter- lion people, mostly ethnic Beijing. Resource-rich of the wounded were in years against the declared by the Election national criticism over Uighurs, in inte-rnment Xinjiang province is the critical condition. Pakistani Taliban and Commission of Pakistan MINISTER SAYS PIO COMEDIAN alleged mass detention of camps in Xinj-iang bor- home of over 10 million Inayat Ullah, a local other militants in areas (ECP), independent can- ethnic Uighur Muslims in dering India, Afghanistan Turkik speaking Uighur forensics expert, said the along the porous border didates won six seats COLLAPSES ON internment camps in and Pak-istan-occupied Muslims. China, however female attacker set off 7 with Afghanistan. The while ruling Pakistan ISRAEL KILLING Xinjiang, China on Kashmir and Central defends the camps, kg of explosives packed violence has declined, but Tehrik-e-Insaf followed Sunday issued a white Asian States in a bid to describing the facilities as with nails and ball-bear- the militants still make with five seats. Jamiat IRANIANS STAGE, DIES paper, asserting that the control violent attacks by re-education centres ings. their presence known Ulema-e-Islam (F) won volatile province is an separatist East Turkistan aimed at de-radicalising The blast damaged the through occasional three seats while Awami Jerusalem: An Israeli minis- Dubai, July 21: An “inseparable” part of the Islamic Movement (ETIM) sections of the Uighur emergency room and attacks, mainly targeting National Party and ter boasted on Sunday that his Indian stand-up comedi- Chinese territory and has organisation. Muslim population from forced it to shut down, security forces and reli- Jamaat-e-Islami so far country was the only one that an died on stage due to never been “East China blames ETIM, extremism and sepa- according to a hospital gious minorities. won one seat each, the “has been killing Iranians”, high level of anxiety Turkistan” as claimed by stated to be an affiliate of ratism. China asserted official, who said the The police said they had poll body said. An ECP after tensions between Britain while performing his act separatists. Al-Qaeda, for numerous that never in its history wounded were taken to a arrested 16 suspects in spokesman said it might and Iran rose in the Gulf. in front of a packed China is facing severe violent attacks in has Xinjiang been military hospital. The the attack, all of whom take a day before the Regional cooperation minis- audience here, accord- criticism from western Xinjiang region and vari- referred to as “East official spoke on condi- belong to banned organi- official results were ter Tzachi Hanegbi’s com- ing to a media report. countries over reports ous other parts of the Turkistan.” — PTI tion of anonymity for fear zations. —AP compiled. — PTI ments to public radio were a Manjunath Naidu, 36, reference to Israeli strikes in suffered a cardiac arrest Syria against Iranian and while performing his ■ Hezbollah military targets. routine on stage on MYSTERY | DEEPENS Jewish panel says hoard exposes differences among Hungary’s Jews in WW-II However, they came after Friday. He complained Iran seized a British-flagged of high level of anxiety, tanker on Friday, adding to sat down on the bench tensions between US and next to him and col- Tehran linked to a 2015 lapsed onto the floor, Treasure discovery poses Holocaust puzzle nuclear deal. Hanegbi accused with audience thinking Iran, Israel’s main enemy, of that it must be a part of Keszthely (Hungary), buried under a house a Nazi German death five carefully sealed and seeking to create “chaos” and the show, Khaleej Times July 21: A vast and whose one-time owner, the camp in 1944, said Balint buried glass jars,” reads “harm freedom of naviga- reported. Naidu was “unique” trove of antique likely collector, is pre- Havasi, director of Keszt- the letter. tion.” Asked if he feared that born in Abu Dhabi but and Roman-era coins, sumed to have been mur- hely’s Balatoni Museum “When we opened one of Israel would not receive the later shifted base to unearthed in what was dered in the Holocaust where the items are cur- them, we were greeted by backing of the US in the case Dubai. “He was the last one of Hungary’s wartime deepens the mystery. rently exhibited. an amazing sight, just like of a conflict with Iran, act in the line-up. He Jewish ghettos, is proving According to a “It’s a priceless collec- in a fairy tale: hundreds of Hanegbi suggested that went on stage and was a conundrum for histori- Hungarian Jewish organi- tion that can also help us coins, real treasure,” it Tehran would avoid such a making people laugh ans. sation, the hoard also learn about the continued. “We hope that scenario. “Israel is the only with his stories. He was Thrilled with the chance exposes how gaps remain Holocaust,” Havasi said. it can return to its legal country in the world that has talking about his father discovery of the 2,800 gold in what is known about In a letter to the muse- owners one day.” been killing Iranians for two and family. And then he and silver coins spanning Hungary’s Jews during um, the building’s current The finders have request- years,” he said. got into a story of how decades and continents, World War II. Gold, silver and other metal coins of a Holocaust victims owners explained how ed anonymity, according to “We strike the Iranians hun- he suffers from anxiety. researchers are in the The current owners of collection are seen in the Balatoni Museum in the town they had been digging a the museum, which also dreds of times in Syria. And a minute into the dark, however, about who the house in the town of hole in the cellar after declined to reveal the of Keszthely, 200 km west of Budapest. — AFP Sometimes we acknowledge it story he collapsed,” a collected and then hid Keszthely, 190 km south- pumping out groundwater exact location of the and sometimes foreign reports friend of the comedian them. west of Budapest, stum- February during work on hidden by a Jewish owner when they came across the house. reveal it.” said. — PTI That the coins were bled across the coins in the cellar. They were likely who was later deported to hoard. “We slowly dug out — AFP Avoid rookie Interest mistakes sop for with your foreign income-tax study too returns MONDAY | 22 JULY 2019 | HYDERABAD Money

■ Canary in the Coal Mine: City-state is the first to be hit by global slowdown Air India quick freezes S’pore woes ring trade alarm bells promotions, MARTIN ABBUGAO emerged across the region. United States, the damage BITES SINGAPORE, JULY 21 Exports have been slip- has not been confined to ping across Asia. In India these two economies," busi- appointments A plunge in exports and the they plummeted 9.7 per ness consultancy IHS INDICATORS % worst growth rates for a cent in June, in Indonesia, Markit said. New Delhi, July 21: decade have fuelled con- Southeast Asia's biggest "Exports from Asia's key Air India has stopped Sensex 38,337.01 -1.44 cerns about the outlook for economy, they dropped 8.9 emerging and advanced giving promotions for Nifty 50 11,419.25 -1.53 Singapore's economy, with per cent in the same month countries have taken hits its employees and analysts saying the figures while in South Korea they in the first half of 2019." recruiting new person- S&P 500 2,976.61 -0.62 offer a warning that Asia is slipped 10.7 per cent in May. The US-China tensions nel as the government Dollar (`) 68.80 -0.21 heading for a slowdown as Governments have slash- have upended the complex prepares for the disin- Pound Sterling (`) 86.07 -0.37 China-US tensions bite. ed growth forecasts, and supply chains that under- vesment of the debt- While it may be one of the gauges of activity in manu- pin the modern system of laden airline, an official Euro (`) 77.22 -0.53 smallest countries in the facturing and services sec- global trade. They have hit said on Sunday. Gold (10gm)* (`) 35,950▲280 +0.77 world, the export hub is tors paint a bleak picture in Chinese demand for raw The government is highly sensitive to external several countries. materials and other goods expected to soon start Brent crude ($/bbl)* 62.47 +0.87 shocks and has long been Central banks are moving that were traditionally sent the disinvesment IN 10-Yr bond yield 6.361 -0.025 viewed as a barometer of A container vessel docked at the West Coast container port in Singapore. — Roslan Rahman/AFP to spur consumption, with to the country to be manu- process for Air India, US 10-Yr T-bill yield 2.057 – the global demand for Indonesia and South Korea factured into finished prod- which has a debt bur- goods and services. ments of computer chips. tough environment." and China has dramatical- cutting interest rates on ucts and shipped on to den of more than Rs * As of Saturday The affluent city-state is That followed a shock 3.4 To warn of danger, min- ly worsened the situation. Thursday, the latest in Asia other markets. In Asia, 50,000 crore. highly dependent on trade per cent quarter-on-quar- ers used to bring caged Beijing and Washington to lower borrowing costs. these range from palm oil For the disinvesment and has traditionally been ter contraction in GDP in canaries underground have slapped each other Singapore's central bank from Indonesia to semicon- process, the official said one of the first places in the second quarter. Year- with them as the birds with punitive tariffs cover- is seen as likely to ease ductors from Singapore. the airline's books of FPIs withdraw Asia to be hit during global on-year growth came in at would die in the presence ing more than $360 billion monetary policy at an While Singapore is partic- accounts till July 15, downturns — with ripples just 0.1 per cent, the slowest of even a small amount of in two-way trade. October meeting, and some ularly vulnerable to a slow- have been closed and typically spreading out pace since 2009 during the poisonous gas—signalling While Singapore—a tran- economists are predicting down in the global econo- those financials would over `7,700 cr across the region. global financial crisis. to workers that they should sit point for products head- the country could fall into my, it has traditionally bou- be used while seeking The latest signs are not "Singapore is the canary make a swift exit. ing to and from Western recession next year. nced back strongly. After bids. Promotions and from stocks good. In June exports col- in the coal mine," Song While steadily weakening markets as well as the "There are no winners in contracting in 2009 during fresh appointments lapsed 17.3 per cent from a Seng Wun, a regional econ- growth in China is partly to Asian base for manufactur- this trade war. While most the global financial crisis, have also been frozen Foreign portfolio investors year earlier, the fastest omist with CIMB Private blame for a slowdown in ers of some hi-tech goods— of the attention has the city-state's economy ahead of the stake sale pulled out around Rs 7,712 decline in more than six Banking, told AFP. "And exports, analysts say the may be showing the strain focused on the trade con- grew 14.5 per cent in 2010. for Air India, the offi- crore from equities in this years, led by a fall in ship- what it tells us is that it is a trade war between the US most, negative data has flict between China and the —AFP cial added. month so far. FPIs had been net The airline has investors in the equity segment around 10,000 perma- in the previous five months. As nent employees. per depositories data, a net There was no immedi- sum of Rs 7,712.12 crore has ate comment from Air been pulled out from equities Dip in India demand hits GST cut on e-vehicles likely India. Query sent to during July 1-19, who, however, Civil Aviation Secre- pumped in Rs 9,371.12 crore in MADHUSUDAN SAHOO Council may cut tax rates consider tax structure for tary Pradeep Singh the debt segment. NEW DELHI, JULY 21 for electric vehicles and solar power projects. The Kharola remained Russian diamond miner evaluate the GST rates on Delhi High Court had in unanswered. In a move to encourage solar power generating May asked the Council to Sources said Air India SANGEETHA G INVENTORY PAIN domestic manufacturing systems and wind turbine take a re-look at the taxa- has also asked all Zee5 plans to CHENNAI, JULY 21 of e-vehicles, the Goods projects." tion structure following department heads to ◗ Demand declined and Services Tax (GST) The 36th meeting of the industry petition. ensure that there is no have mobile-only Lower demand from the as a result of exces- Council is likely to decide Council, to be chaired by The government had recovery pending Indian diamond process- sive stocking of on lowering tax rates for Finance Minister Nirmala earlier this year said that against any of the ing industry has pulled electric vehicles soon. Sitharaman, would be for the purpose of taxing employees. tariff packs down the quarterly sales of rough and polished Besides, the Council will conducted through video solar power projects, 70 The message was con- Alrosa, the world's second diamonds by cutters decide the valuation of conferencing with State per cent of contract value veyed to the heads of largest diamond miner, as and retailers, and goods and services in solar Finance Ministers. source said. would be treated as departments by the air- inventories rose 36 per continued difficulties power generating systems The Council had, in its For electric vehicles' pro- goods—taxable at 5 per line's HR Director cent. and wind turbine projects June meeting, referred the motion, the government cent—and the balance 30 Amrita Sharan during The Russian miner faced by India's cut- for levying the GST. The issue relating to the GST has already proposed to per cent as services—tax- a conference call last reported a steep 36 per cent ting business in sec- decision will come on its concessions on electric the Council to slash GST able at 18 per cent. week, they added. year-on-year rise in inven- uring affordable fina- July 25 meeting. vehicle, electric chargers rates to 5 per cent from 12 The solar industry has The government is tories to 15.9 million carats ncing, Alrosa said Confirming the develop- and hiring of electric vehi- per cent. The GST rate for been pitching for a differ- looking to complete the at the end of the June quar- ment, a source in the cles, to an officers' panel. petrol and diesel cars and ent ratio for splitting Air India stake sale in ter, as quarterly sales Finance Ministry said, "The recommendations of hybrid vehicles is already goods and services for the next four to five dipped 25 per cent in value "The GST Council will the officers panel is likely at the highest bracket of levying GST. Further, the months. After Netflix, Zee5 is also look- to $796 million and 8 per ting working days, result- take two important deci- to be placed before the 28 per cent plus cess. Council may also look at — PTI ing at launching a mobile-only cent in volume to 8.3 mil- ing in job losses. Unavail- sions this week; the Council on July 25," the The Council will also taxation of lotteries. plan to shore up its revenue. lion carats. But production ability of bank finance and "We are also planning to test had risen 14 per cent to 9.7 destocking by markets like mobile only pack for consumers million carats during the the US and China have who want to watch content on- quarter. forced small and medium the-go at cheap prices and with Over the first half of the polishing units to reduce limited ads with an option to TikTok parent mulls data centre calendar year, Alrosa’s their capacity utilisation. choose the ad one wants to IMF & WB: 75 sales dipped 32 per cent y-o- Alrosa too pointed to the watch in exchange of a lower y to $1,784 million in value "ongoing consolidation in New Delhi, July 21: responses by July 22, party data centres in the subscription rate," Chief and 16 per cent to 18.9 mil- the jewellery sector and ByteDance, the parent according to sources. US and Singapore. Executive Tarun Katial said. lion carats in volume. growth in jewellery sales company of social media "As a testimony to "India is one of our years as financial "Demand declined as a through on-line channels platforms TikTok and ByteDance's recognition strongest markets and we result of excessive stock- in the US (that) result in a Helo, on Sunday said it is of India's efforts to frame are happy to be part of the ing of rough and polished non-recurrent reduction in examining options to set a new data protection leg- mainframe of Digital diamonds by cutters and polished diamond stocks up a data centre in islation, we are India in 15 Indian lan- firefighters PSU insurers give retailers, and continued across the sector.” India to store pleased to guages... We now believe difficulties faced by India's Alrosa's average realised information of ByteDance announce that we that the time has come to HEATHER SCOTT & 22, 1944 in the shadow of mental illness cover cutting business in secur- prices for gem-quality dia- its Indian has started are taking a sig- take the next big leap...In DELPHINE TOUITOU World War II to help ing affordable financing," monds were down 21 per users. discussions and it nificant step line with this effort, we WASHINGTON, JULY 21 rebuild Europe and later to over 1 lakh Alrosa said. It added that cent. However, small-size The develop- could take 6-18 towards estab- are looking forward to Japan, and to try to head in order to "reduce excess diamond sales were retur- ment assumes months to start lishing a data having a more active dia- At the critical moment of off the kind of economic Four state-owned general insur- stocks the Indian cutters ning to normal as India has significance the process centre in India. logue with relevant stake- a Hollywood movie star- strife that had led to the ance companies have provided have been decreasing out- been largely buying these given that the We are now in the holders and setting new ring Sandra Bullock, Boli- war. "The original con- mental illness cover to about put since May". diamonds. Indian government process of examin- benchmarks along the via's newly elected presi- cept of reconstruction one lakh persons in the past one Data from the Gems and Alrosa expects the situa- recently issued notices ing options for safe, way," it said. dent calls in the and development ...was year. The Mental Healthcare Act Jewellery Export Promot- tion to ease in the Sept- to Tiktok and Helo along secure and reliable servic- While the company did International Mone-tary clarified to include pover- 2017 came into force from May ion Council shows import ember quarter as demand with a set of 24 questions es for our Indian users not provide more details, Fund to bail out the pooor ty alleviation as the bank 29, 2018. The law provides that of rough diamonds fell 23 from jewellery consumers regarding the alleged mis- within India's borders," sources privy to the devel- country, violating a cam- grew," Malpass said. every insurer should make provi- per cent in value terms and remains stable. This bodes use of their platforms for ByteDance said in an opment said ByteDance paign promise. The On the surface, their sion for medical insurance for 25 per cent in volume well for renewed activity "anti-national activities" emailed statement to PTI. has started discussions streets then erupt in vio- record, especially for the treatment of mental illness on terms in the June quarter. and higher demand for in India. It added that since the with local players and it lent protest. IMF, seems dismal, with the same basis as is available for Financial Chronicle too rough diamonds closer to The centre has warned launch of its platforms in could take between 6-18 The movie, Our Brand is each of the prior three physical illness. had recently reported how the end of Q3 2019 in the these apps that they might India, the company has months to start the Crisis, is a fictionalised decades marked by a the Indian diamond polish- run-up to the Christmas face a ban if they do not stored the data of its process of local storage of version of the 2002 severe crisis: the Latin ing industry has been cut- season, Alrosa hoped. submit appropriate Indian users at third- data. — PTI Bolivian elections and its American debt crisis in writers knew the IMF the 1980s, the Asian and would be unquestionably Russian crises in the accepted as the arch 1990s and the global Thomas Cook enemy of the people. financial crisis in 2007, After 75 years putting which begat the Great says it’s not part Downtrend in pepper price to continue out financial fires around Recession that still looms the world, the IMF and over the world economy. RITWIK MUKHERJEE Exporters said shipments prices of pepper in other World Bank face criticism In each case, the dam- of UK company KOLKATA, JULY 21 for the full financial year countries are governed by for repeatedly failing to age lasted for a decade or Thomas Cook India (TCIL) said it could be 15,000 tonne only. international supply and prevent crises and for more. But at the same has no relationship with the tro- Brazil and Indonesia, two The global pepper mar- demand, while in India, it making things worse for time extreme poverty has ubled UK-based Thomas Cook of the major pepper grow- ket witnessed mixed is on account of the strong the people they were plummeted worldwide— Plc. TCIL has been independent ing countries, are gearing movement recently, for domestic market and the meant to help. That makes falling by a billion people since August 2012 when Thomas up for their pepper har- more reasons than one. price of pepper is a stand- them easy scapegoats. since 1990. Cook Plc sold its entire stake to vest. And the focus of the The Malabar black pepper alone phenomenon in Even if the criticism is "In the history of the Fairfax Financial Holdings, its global pepper market is was stable with an average India. not always entirely fair, world there has never current majority shareholder likely to shift more of $4,874 per tonne while Looking within India, the institutions have been been so much progress in based in Canada. "There is no towards these two coun- Indian black pepper price despite the monsoon play- trying to rebrand them- improving people's lives business relationship between tries, atleast for some time in local currency was ing truant in most of the selves in recent years, as we have seen in the last Thomas Cook India and Thomas now. When it comes to reported around Rs 340 pepper growing regions in putting more emphasis 75 years," said Masood Cook Plc," Thomas Cook India's India, India has been los- flow of pepper through per Kg. Indian pepper is the country, domestic on protecting vulnerable Ahmed, who worked CMD Madhavan Menon said. ing its competitive edge in Nepal has increased, the being offered at around black pepper prices members of society. alternately at the IMF or pepper exports in the past import of Vietnamese pep- Commodity $6,000 per tonne in export remain more or less stable But they will need more World Bank for nearly few years as production per through Sri Lanka has Compass markets. thanks to low demand in than a better communica- half their existences. But Printed & Published by has increased in Vietnam, come down substantially, Sector analysts pointed the upcountry markets. tions strategy as they con- the institutions missed T Venkateswarlu on behalf of Deccan Indonesia and Brazil. On thanks to increased moni- Spices Exporters Forum, out that the international The farm gate price of tend with a wave of anti- the problems growing Chronicle Holdings Limited, Printed at one hand, Indian black toring. in 2017-18, pepper exports prices of pepper are down ungarbled black pepper is globalisation sentiment beneath the surface. Deccan Chronicle Press at Deccan pepper has been continu- Vietnam is selling the from India dropped nearly thanks to higher produc- hovering in the range of and technological trans- “We glossed over the Chronicle Holdings Ltd. #563/9/D&9/E, ously losing ground to the commodity at $2,800 per 40 per cent compared to tion in many countries Rs 325-350 a kg since April- formation, while also fact that there were many Behind Andhra Bank Pet , cheaper Vietnamese vari- tonne, less than half the that of two years ago to compared with India. As May, which was Rs 30 helping Africa through a people who were increas- , Ranga Reddy Dist. Editor: ety in the world market price of $6,000 per tonne 16,840 tonne, which is the per the available figures, lower than the correspon- very expensive transi- ingly uncomfortable with T.Venkatram Reddy, RNI Reg and on the other, increas- commanded by the Indian lowest in recent times. the world pepper produc- ding period last year, tion. The challenges "are the pace of change," said No.APENG/2008/24282. © All rights ing illegal imports variety. Even Indonesian Going by Spices Board sta- tion is expected to reach which was Rs 370. The cur- huge," World Bank Presi- Ahmed. "And I think reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part through Nepal are keeping pepper, at $3,200 per tonne, tistics, in 2018-19, ship- over six lakh tonne, which rent price trend is likely to dent David Malpass said. we're paying a bit of a without written permission of The Editor, domestic prices of black is cheaper than the price ments fell 25 per cent year- is higher by 8.25 per cent continue for the time The IMF and World price for that now." Financial Chronicle ® is prohibited. pepper in India in check. that Indian pepper offers. on-year in the nine than the previous year. being, leading Indian Bank were created July —AFP Interestingly, while illegal According to All-India months to December 2018. Analysts said that the traders felt. 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RIL IndiaFirst Life Insurance- Life E-Term Plan `7,080 `3,599 or any other section in the Income Tax Act? is currently in a capex phase, Edelwiess Tokio Life - Zindagiplus `7,159 `4,207 REENA JAISWAL investing in world-scale proj- Via email ects like petcoke gasification, CanaraHSBCOBC Life Insurance- Iselect `7,379 `4,203 off-gas crackers and telecom, Aegon Life - iTerm `7,497 `4,223 A) Payment made as tuition fees to any univer- which are expected to drive Data pertains to sity, college or school or other educational insti- future growth. 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TAKEAWAYS ABOUT 5G DATA SHORT TAKES AFTER TESTING IN MORE THAN A DOZEN CITIES WORLD-WIDE BY CNET, WE KNOW ONLINE PRESENCE A THING OR TWO ABOUT THE NEXT-GEN DATA NETWORK FOR PHONES. „ 5G phones are in a NOW TURNS RISKIER very few pockets While making our lives easy with hundreds of gadgets and today, TINDER REMOVES but this applications, advancements in internet technology have put our privacy next-gen- PLAY STORE eration at risk. Going by recent trends, it could bare our lives further. wireless CONSISTENCY IS MORE PAYMENTS technology SATISFYING THAN SPEED Mumbai, July 21: Dating app TRACKING THE EMAIL BROWSER EXTENSIONS SELL HACKERS GET is widely „ For some future uses of Tinder, in a major move that accepted 5G, pushing down a lot of could lead to a turnaround in f you are little tech savvy, INFO ON YOUR PREFERENCES MORE LETHAL as the data really quickly will let the non-gaming money-mak- Ithere are hundreds of free most sig- you do cool, resource- ing apps segment on Google and easily available tools — f you use browser ackers have Play Store, replaced the Play similar to Superhuman Iexte-nsions, you are Hbreached SyTech, nificant intensive things on the fly, Store integration within its email client — which let going to want to pay a contractor for FSB, advance- like play smooth, real-time Android app with a credit card you track the journey of attention to this one: Russia’s national ment to games with high-res based payment system for pre- an image breaking Widely used Chrome intelligence service, come to graphics and participate in mium services. This means through several protective and Firefox browser from where they stole Google will lose out on a share layers. extensions scraped and information about phones in lag-free video chats while of the revenue it had been For instance, an open sold the data of more internal projects the a decade. walking down the street. earning through Play Store source, Python-based web tool than 4.1 million people, company was work- payments. called Supertracker lets anyone until the researcher alerted Google and Mozilla. ing on behalf of the GAP BETWEEN HAVE, HAVE-NOTS WILL WIDEN One of the top-ten constants create their own tracking pixel, coyly disguised as These extensions took the URL and other details agency — including in the segment, the app earned either a transparent image, an image of the poké- from your browsing history and sold them to a data one for deanonymiz- „ With carriers, phone-mak- „ Phone a record $275 million last year. mon pikachu, or a not-so-subtle magnifying glass. firm called Nacho Analytics, which marketed itself ing Tor traffic. ers and even presidents feed- prices are In the last six years, Tinder Creating it is as easy as inputting a user name, pick- as providing a “god mode for the internet.” Nacho The breach took ing the 5G hype machine, it’s already outplayed Netflix, Pandora, ing a tracking pixel image, and hitting the enter key. Analytics then published them, for a fee. Because of place last weekend, on easy to see how a bias for and HBO Now in terms of Play From there, you can save the image, paste it in the the way many of the pages were protected—or July 13, when a group spiking Store revenues. Match Group, body of any email, and send it off. Whoever opens it rather, not protected — those published links often of hackers going by ultrafast speeds could devel- year over which owns Tinder, OkCupid, will have the when and even the where transmitted allowed people to see the content of the pages them- the name of 0v1ru$ op among everyday people. year, and Match.com, experts say, back to you. So when you save an image or a file, you selves. Virtually everything that you have done hacked into SyTech’s It’s easy to see how people far out- might have made the latest never know who is tracking you. online is out on sale in the cyber world. Active Directory serv- who don’t live in the right move may be seen as a resp- er from where they stripping onse to keep a check on Google gained access to the metropolitan areas, or who the cost Play Store’s revenue making USING INSTAGRAM INFO STORED ON CLOUD SERVICES company’s entire IT live in rural surroundings, will of infla- model, which yields as much network, including a trail behind in 5G adoption. tion. as a 30 per cent share from TO TRACK YOU TOO NOW TURN VULNERABLE JIRA instance. small-sized apps OkCupid. Hackers stole 7.5TB new app knows what sraeli spyware company NSO of data from the con- Ayour Instagram-lov- IGroup’s powerful Pegasus mal- tractor’s network, and ing friends did last sum- ware is capable of scraping a tar- they defaced the com- mer. Called Who’s in get’s data from the servers of pany’s website with a FB fails to check Town, the iOS and Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, “yoba face,” an emoji Android app is ostensi- and Microsoft, a report in the popular with Russian bly designed to show Financial Times said. users that stands for you, well … who’s in According to the Times, “people “trolling.” content spreads town. But it does much familiar with its sales pitch” as more than that. Users well as leaked sales documents who download the app and grant it access show that NSO Group’s parent com- Washington, July 21: ■ IT’S BEEN one-and- to their Instagram account are presented pany Q-Cyber is advertising Pegasus as having the capabil- Social media companies with an eerie interactive map of every ity to copy authentication keys to services including Google have once again come a-half year that the place the people they follow have visited Drive, Facebook Messenger, and iCloud from an infected under fire after images of tech executives had SEVEN RUSSIAN and shared online since they created their phone to a web server that is then capable of independently a murdered teenage girl’s said that they’re profile. So forget about private visits. downloading the target’s entire online history.” body were posted online deploying cutting-edge SPYWARE APPS and were widely shared on Instagram as well as AI and automated con- REMOVED Hacking of voting ma-chines had But authorities were slow to other sites including tent moderation sys- become a big issue in India in the upgrade and secure them despite Discord and 4chan. tems to keep this from Mumbai, July 21: Seven Security recent times. But how does one voting machines being listed as Bianca Devins, a 17- “stalkerware apps” have been hack a voter machine? critical infrastructure by the US. year-old girl from Utica in happening. removed from Google’s Play While Indian EVM (Electoral So Microsoft offered to provide a New York, was brutally has changed since these Store after doubts were raised Voting Machine) is till now con- open source software to help in murdered on July 14. acts of real-time violence around data privacy. The stalk- patch for sidered safe as it is a standalone making voting machi-nes more Police allege she was have grown prominent, erware applications were tout- unit which remains protected secure. Microsoft also anno- killed by Brandon Clark, and, yet again, how badly ed to be remotely spying on from vagaries of internet, the unced it has found 781 attempted 21, after the pair, who met platforms are failing to activities of persons of target. Ame-rican voting machine does cyberattacks by foreign hackers on Instagram, attended a keep content like this off It is said that all the seven apps EVMS not seem to be safe. Experts have targeting political organisations concert together. their farms: The — Track Employees Check warned for years that voting so far this year. — Agencies Police on July 15 cha- Instagram post of Devins’ Work Phone Online Spy Free, machines in the US are insecure. rged Clark with second- body was left on a plat- Spy Kids Tracker, Phone Cell degree murder of Devins. form shared by 1 billion Tracker, Mobile Tracking, Spy According to BuzzFeed monthly active users, for Tracker, SMS Tracker, and AMAZON SELLS NEW OS SOFTWARE News, a photo of Devin’s what was reportedly most Employee Work Spy — were ‘MYSTERY’ SENSOR RENDERS bloodied body was posted of July 14. At one point, developed by a Russian devel- to Clark’s Instagram with Instagram placed the oper. `9L CAMERA GEAR WON’T REPLACE the caption “I’m sorry, image behind a filter The spying apps would gain Bianca”. screen that merely cau- remote access to the device of FOR JUST 6,500 ANDROID: HUAWEI The photo stayed up for tioned against graphic the person of interest through ` several hours until content before finally malicious links or direct dow- New York, July 21: Los Angeles, July 21: Instagram ultimately removing the post and the nloads. Common features of This year Amazon had Huawei says the operat- removed Clark’s account account altogether. these stalker apps include the Prime Day on July, ing system it’s building for violating the compa- Tech executives have tracking a device via GPS, 15 and 16. However, the is being designed for ny’s terms of service, but long said they’re deploy- monitoring phone calls and best deal by Amazon this industrial use rather in the hours the photo ing cutting-edge AI and SMS and contact data theft. If year was probably a than as a direct Android was up, it got shared and automated content mod- the user chooses to opt for pre- glitch. Some lucky pho- replacement. reposted by hundreds of eration systems to keep mium spying services, the tar- tography enthusiasts That’s as per the state- accounts, according to this from happening. It’s geted person’s social media were able to guy high- backed Xinhua news BuzzFeed. been nearly a year-and-a- privacy might also be compro- end camera gear that agency, which reports a Instagram has subse- half since the CEO of mised. Also, the app manages originally at Huawei executive insist- quently prevented the Facebook Mark Zucker- to gain remote access without $13,000 (`9 lakh approxi- ing that Android will photo from being berg which who owns the victim’s consent while mately) for just $94.50 continue to run on reshared, but according Instagram, said advanced leaving no chance of getting (`6,500 approximately). Android phones for the to Rolling Stone, users AI tools would soon make caught. It all began with some foreseeable future. continued to be sent the occurrences like this a bargain hunter spotted Huawei senior Vice- photo if they were follow- thing of the past. the Sony deal on Amaz- President Catherine ing Devin’s account, and “Over the long term, on US and shared it on a Chen told the media that as late as July 15 night, building AI tools is going deal aggregator called the operating system — the photo was still being to be the scalable way to Slickdeals. Shortly after which also goes by the uploaded and tagged to identify and root out most the deal was posted, name Hongmeng — is Devin’s account, or on the of this harmful content,” many users rushed to “not for smartphones” hashtag #ripbianca. Zuckerberg said in a con- Amazon’s platform. and has far more lines of Like the deeply-socially- gressional hearing in Some customers noti- code than would be mediated Christchurch, April 2018. So the ques- ced that they were able The Google Pixel 4 has leaked yet again, this time the credit goes to iGeeksBlog. The needed for consumer New Zealand, shootings tion is, why, a year after to buy Sony Alpha A6000 larger Pixel 4 XL has been the star of most Pixel 4 leaks lately, but this time we’re mobile devices. in March, the act demon- Zuckerberg touted AI and 16-mm lens bundle getting a detailed look at the smaller Pixel 4 in a set of CAD renders. The renders Huawei representativ- strates both the suspected moderation tech, did Ins- for just $94.50 (`6,500 unsurprisingly show off a device that looks just like the Pixel 4 XL, only smaller. es have previously said killer’s savvy for web tagram, and its parent ANDROID Q LIKE approximately), much iGeeksBlog claims the Pixel 4 will have a 5.6-inch display and measure 147 x 68.9 x that the Chinese tech platform mechanics and company Facebook, rep- lower than the original 8.2mm. A larger “forehead” bezel sits above the display, housing two front-facing giant is indeed working just how rapidly extreme ortedly take most of a day price of $550 (`37,800 cameras, an earpiece, and some type of mystery sensor. on a replacement for content spreads. It also to remove the Devins FEATURES ON approximately). Android. — Agencies demonstrates how little post? — Agencies The camera (body MESSAGES APP only) is listed on Ama- zon India for `34,990. TARGET | CHANGE ■ Proving ground for VR shifted to labs and training stations of Fortune 500 firms Mumbai, July 21: Android’s “Everything with the Messages app is up for a prime day tag on my makeover in the near future as account is 94.48. I just reports of changes to iconog- bought a 3000$ telescope raphy and style in the key- for 94.48,” wrote a user. VR revolution is alive but isn’t ready for you board were spotted in testing Some users thought versions. These style changes that the listing was a are in close resemblance with mistake and that Amaz- Washington, July 21: shifted — from homes of couch or at a desk. Going the numbers might add up. Android Q’s messaging inter- on would cancel it later Virtual reality headsets is early adopters with power- by expriences, an hour in VR can also be a useful face, which also has a trans- on. Interestingly enou- no longer a most-talked- ful desktop PCs to the labs VR is equal to three or training tool. For example, parent gesture bar. However, gh, some of the deals about topic. Unlike 2016, and training stations of four hours worth of tradi- instead of showing a per- chances are there would be with $94.50 were from when HTC and Oculus Fortune 500 companies. tional entertainment, both son a presentation about several other additions in the Amazon directly instead launched their first-gen Numerous VR compa- physically and mentally. safety guidelines and reg- final version. of third-party sellers. virtual reality headsets, it nies have created dedicat- Think about it in terms ulations, you can drop Icons for attachments and A user who had felt like the beginning of a ed enterprise VR divi- of value. $500 or $1,000 is a someone into a simulated send button are inspired by ordered the Canon lens- revolution. sions. HP has one. Varjo lot for a regular person to environment and have the ones in Andoid Q. The es posted “WOW they VR headsets still aren’t makes the VR-1 aimed spend on niche entertain- them respond to a simulat- video/voice call feature, how- actually delivered the commonly found in exclusively at the enter- ment tech, but for a large ed emergency. ever, does not have a new icon lenses! I ordered 5 of the arcades or schools. Unless prise sector. Just a few this might be sound disap- no VR platform has enou- enterprise, it’s chump HTC Vive’s head of so far. Google is expected to “Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L you are one of the rare VR weeks ago, HTC announ- pointing, but really, it all gh content to satisfy peo- change. Enterprise solutions Dan include supporting trans- IS USM Super Telephoto evangelists, you probably ced its Vive Enterprise comes down to economics. ple’s entertainment needs For the same cost as fly- O’Brien said that the com- parency with the new gesture Lens for Canon Digital don’t have a VR headset in Solutions department to VR is expensive. Heads- completely. Budget con- ing one engineer out to a pany is still very much navigation bar in its next SLR Cameras” lenses for your home. support commercial appli- ets like the Vive Pro and strained consumers might job site or production focused on creating con- update. It can be concluded just $500! That’s $65,000 It looks like VR has been cations for VR hardware Valve Index cost between be forced to choose facility, a company could sumer VR products like that the transparency feature worth of lenses! Can’t forgotten and left for dead and software. And then $800 (`55,000 approx) and between buying a new TV, buy a VR headset. That’s the upcoming Vive Co- might have been deliberately believe Amazon actually alongside tech like curved consider the tangentially $1,000 (`66,000 approx), console, PC, or a VR head- not to say that VR isn’t a smos. But a lot of VR inno- disabled until recently as delivered! Now the ques- TVs and laser dics. But the related Microsoft and even more affordable set. And more often than significant investment — vation is now coming from testers observed the feature to tion is what’s the best fact is that it continues to HoloLens 2, which for the standalone headsets like not, traditional alterna- the biggest cost of VR is demands on the enterprise be feasible with current ver- route to get these sold? live however, the driving time being, remains a the Oculus Quest cost $400 tives win out. On top of maintaining all the sup- side, which was one of the sion of the Messages app as Should I head straight to force behind VR innova- gadget strictly targeted at (`27,000 approx). that, using VR is more tax- port systems needed to driving forces behind the well as older versions like Adorama and see if they tion has just moved. The big business. Unfortunately, unlike ing than watching TV or utilise the tech properly. development of the Vive Android Q Beta 3. will purchase them?” proving ground for VR has For the average person, traditional game consoles, playing games on the But it’s possible to see how Pro Eye. — Agencies Tears of joy PAGE Antoine Griezmann admitted that he was moved to tears of happiness when his big-money move Games 14 to Barcelona finally came through DECCAN CHRONICLE MONDAY | 22 JULY 2019 | HYDERABAD Isner eases into Noel chief selector Newport final New York, July 21: hungry youngster in Once the evaluation Three-time champion John Bublik, who like Isner has ■Will head junior panel ■Raju, Rao & Rau on CAC Isner fended off fourth- needed three sets for all of process goes seeded Frenchman Ugo his victories this week. Humbert 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/5), “I’ve worked hard for through, we will ■Hyderabad Cricket Association elections on Sept. 1 6-3 Saturday to reach the this, so I’m very happy,” have night races. final of the ATP grass Bublik said. DC CORRESPONDENT I am looking forward to court tournament in “I have to try and be the — Vicky Chandhok, vice-president HYDERABAD, JULY 21 improving junior cricket Newport, Rhode Island. best version of myself for of the Madras Motor Sports Club and contributing to the Isner, trying to get his tomorrow, so we'll see what Former India cricketer growth of youngsters in season back on track after happens,” he added. Noel David has been Hyderabad, just like he was sidelined by a stress Paes and Daniell out named chairman of the Rahul Dravid is doing at fracture in his foot after Hyderabad Cricket the national level. reaching the final in Veteran SHORT TAKES Association’s Junior Miami in April, will take could only match his sea- Selection Committee at — NOEL DAVID on seventh-seeded son’s best performance as Nagal to play the Annual General Body Chairman of HCA’s Alexander Bublik of he lost a fiercely-fought meeting held on Sunday. Junior Selection Kazakhstan, a 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, semifinal alongside part- ATP 500 event Former Hyderabad Committee 6-4 winner over Spain’s ner Marcus Daniell at the cricketers Vivek . ATP Hall of Fame Open : Taking a big step for- Jaisimha, Abdul Azeem, In sweltering heat, Isner here on Sunday. ward, Indian youngster Sumit Rajesh Yadav and Shivaji that decision should be and fourth-seeded Paes and his Kiwi team- Nagal on Sunday assured him- Yadav are the other mem- made only after the new Humbert played the first mates, seeded third, lost 6-3 self a maiden appearance in the bers of the five-member body is in place, post elec- two sets without a service 6-7(8), 9-11 to the unseeded main draw of an ATP 500 tour- panel. However, Shivaji’s tions. Amid the furore, break. combo of Marcel nament, qualifying for the name was flagged by a few Sheshnarayan declared Isner’s miscue on a back- Granollers and Sergiy Hamburg . members since he is a gov- the matter deferred. hand volley at 2-2 in the Stakhovsky. With his semi- The 21-year-old pipped Spain's ernment servant — being Vivek’s camp claims his first-set tiebreaker was the final appearance he Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, an employee of Income nomination has been only opening Humbert became the oldest ATP world number 128 and seeded Tax department. approved though. needed to pocket the set. Tour semi-finalist since third here, 6-4 7-5 in the sec- The House decided that However, it was all Isner double-faulted early John McEnroe (47) at 2006 ond and final qualifying round Shivaji will have to be smooth when it came to in the second-set tiebreak- San Jose. He is likely to get of the event. cleared by the money matters concern- er, but won five straight to 72 from75 when new Before this, the 205-ranked Ombdusman, for which ing members. All accounts points as he rallied to level rankings are issued. Nagal, competed in the main post the name of former were passed in a jiffy; the match — firing a sting- It is the fourth time this draw of the ATP 250 Tata Open Supreme Court judge M. insurance claims of club ing backhand winner on season that Paes has Maharashtra in 2018 as a qualifi- N. Rao has been proposed. secretaries that were his second set point. reached the semifinals on er. ATP 500 events are next Noel vowed to work hard pending were cleared - The US veteran was in the ATP World Tour, reach- only to ATP Masters series tour- for the development of the each secretary gets `3 control throughout the ing the same stage at Lyon naments and the Grand Slams. game. “I am looking for- lakh insurance cover for third, breaking for a 2-0 (May), Marrakech (April) Of late, only Ramkumar ward to improving junior his family; and old dues of lead and serving out the and Montpellier Ramanathan, Prajnesh cricket and contributing development fund of `3 contest on his first (February) in the first half Gunneswarana and Yuki to the growth of young- lakh to each club were attempt. of the season. Bhambri played at the big sters in Hyderabad, just okayed in an instant. But he’ll face another — AFP stage. Nagal has enjoyed stu- like Rahul Dravid (Head of The House also decided pendous success in the last few Cricket at the National that staff who are super- weeks in the Challenger circuit, Cricket Academy) is doing annuated (above 60 years) where he made five semifinals at the national level,” the Noel David (left) shares a light moment with NCA head Rahul Dravid in this file photo. will be retired immediate- in seven tournaments. 48-year-old told this news- ly. He recorded the biggest win of paper. Committee comprising 1 and they have already T. Sheshnarayan, Anil Some members also his career when he beat world “It is very important to former Test cricketers S. begun to generate much Kumar, joint secretary pointed out missing claus- number 56 Martin Klizan at groom players at the L. Venkatapathi Raju, M. heat going by the uproar Ajmal Asad and es in the HCA constitu- Bratisilava Open last month. Under 16 and Under 19 V. Narsimha Rao and (for- and outrage that kick- Councillor Hanumanth tion, which, according to He had started the year outside level and I will do my best mer Indian women’s team started the AGM with Reddy. the Supreme Court order, the 350-bracket but is now very to boost the game,” Noel, captain) Purnima Rau. regard to vice-president Ruckus returned when it should be the mirror close to top-200. —PTI who played four One-Day There was more good Anil Kumar chairing the came point No.6 on the image of the BCCI’s. One Internationals and 35 first news for the selectors, all meet. After quite a com- agenda — appointment of such was in the case of class matches in the 1990s, of whom (men and motion, former HCA pres- HCA’s representative for institutional clubs, only Bale agent calls added. women) will be paid `7 idents N. Shivlal Yadav future BCCI meetings. first class cricketers are The senior selection lakh per year. and G. Vinod shared the While one group wanted permitted to attend the Zidane a disgrace panel will be constituted Elections to the HCA dais as a compromise for- G. Vivekanand to be nomi- General Body or vote in by the Cricket Advisory will be held on September mula alongside secretary nated, others contended elections. of the USA in a file photo. Los Angeles: Gareth Bale’s agent has branded Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane a “dis- grace” after the Frenchman SOHAIL SCRIPTS PROFESSIONAL BOXING revealed that the La Liga giants Peaty smashes were ready to offload the DOUBLE IN Wales star in a matter of days. Pacquiao captures WBA crown Zidane left Bale out of the Real RACING MEET squad for Saturday’s 3-1 exhibi- world record tion loss to Bayern Munich in Las Vegas, July 21: Houston, and after the match Chennai, July 21: Filipino legend Manny RUSSIAN BOXER he revealed he had been Gwangju, July 21: old. “Ever since I Bengaluru schoolboy Pacquiao rolled back the dropped because the club were Britain’s Adam Peaty touched that wall in Sohil Shah completed a years to become the oldest “working on his departure”, promised to go even Rio, I knew I could go fine double in the premier welterweight champion in DADASHEV HAS adding that he hoped it hap- faster after shattering faster,” he added. MRF F1600 category in boxing history with a pens soon, “for everyone’s his own 100 metres “It always comes the third round of the thrilling split decision vic- BRAIN SURGERY sake”. breaststroke world down to where and MRF MMSC FMSCI tory over WBA champion “Zidane is a disgrace, he shows record on Sunday. when you do it and National Car Racing Keith Thurman on Washington, July 21: no respect for a player that has The Olympic champi- what kind of season Championship at the Saturday. Russian boxer Maxim done so much for Real Madrid,” on stormed home to you’ve had.” MMRT track at The 40-year-old Pacquiao, Dadashev was in hospital Bale’s agent Jonathan Barnett win his semi-final in a “(In the final) hope- Sriperumbudur near here 10 years older than the pre- in suburban Washington said. time of 56.88 seconds, fully we can go a little Sunday. viously undefeated Saturday after emergency Asked whether Bale is close to becoming the first faster. It’s still the semi- VW Motorsport’s Ishaan Thurman, delivered a vin- brain surgery in the wake leaving Madrid, Barnett added: swimmer to break 57 final. It’d be embar- Dodhiwala of Hyderabad tage performance at the of a punishing loss in the “We are working on it”. seconds and eclipsing rassing not to come notched his maiden win MGM Grand Garden Arena ring, US media reported. Bale has been frozen out in his previous mark by away with the world in the Indian Touring to leave the sell-out crowd Dadashev’s fight against Madrid by Zidane despite help- just over two tenths. title but you know I Cars class after his team- of 14,356 roaring its Manny Pacquiao (right) lands a punch on Keith Thurman Puerto Rico’s Subriel ing his side to a Spanish title “There’s no other don’t think like that.” mate Karthik Tharani approval. in the 10th round of a welterweight title fight. — AP Matias was stopped by cor- and four Champions Leagues word except for incred- Peaty has not lost for was disqualified for a cou- Pacquiao floored nerman James “Buddy” since arriving from Tottenham ible. I've been chasing five years over 100 ple of infringements and Thurman with an electrify- Thurman had riled itive welterweight division McGirt at the end of the Hotspur six year ago. His brace, that for three years metres breaststroke in subsequently banned for ing combination in the first Pacquiao in the build-up to once again after capturing 11th round on Friday night. including a brilliant bicycle kick, now,” said the 24-year- major event. — AFP one race. round and remained on the the fight by vowing to “cru- Thurman’s WBA welter- Dadashev was unable to sank Liverpool in the Meanwhile, Bengaluru’s front foot throughout a pul- cify” his deeply religious weight ‘super’ champion walk to the dressing room Champions League 2018 final. Rithvik Thomas (Race sating 12-round duel. opponent, and later promis- belt. after the bout and was — AFP Concepts) chalked up his Although the bloodied ing to send the Filipino icon immediately hospitalized. third win of the season in Thurman rallied in the into retirement. Plant defends crown Doctors operated to relieve the Super Stock category. later rounds to narrow Pacquiao, who improved Caleb Plant of the United pressure from swelling on Other winners of the Pacquiao’s lead, the judges to 62-7-2 with 39 knockouts, States made a successful his brain, ESPN and other TEEN STAR day were Viswas scored it in the Filipino's was gracious in victory. first defence of his IBF outlets reported. Vijayaraj (DTS Racing) in favour. Two judges scored it “I’m not that kind of super-middleweight crown “Right now, he’s in criti- the Formula LGB 1300 115-112 for Pacquiao with boxer who talks a lot; we on Saturday, scoring a third cal condition, but the doc- JAKOB FIRES race and Mumbai's the third scoring it 114-113 were just promoting the round knockout over previ- tor told me that he’s sta- Saurav Bandyopadhyay for Thurman. fight,” he said. ously undefeated chal- ble,” Dadashev’s strength who took the honours in A jubilant Pacquiao “He’s a good boxer and lenger Mike Lee. and conditioning coach, WARNING the Volkswagen Ameo punched the air as the he's strong. I was just Plant, 27, dominated Lee Donatas Janusevicius, Class. Ireland's Lucca arena erupted after the vic- blessed tonight,” the boxer from the opening bell, said, adding, “We know London: Teen track sensation Allen completed a double tory was confirmed. added. wrapping up victory after that the bleeding has Jakob Ingebrigtsen fired a by winning both the “It was fun,” Pacquiao Pacquiao, who earned an sending his opponent Lee to stopped. Also, the swelling warning to his older rivals after Formula 4 SEA races to said afterwards. “My oppo- estimated $20 million from the canvas twice in the has stopped. So some posi- setting a new Norwegian Britain’s Adam Peaty reacts after setting a world make up for disappoint- nent is a good fighter and Saturday’s fight, is now a third round. tive news, and we hope and national record in the 5000 record in his men’s 100m breaststroke. — AP ments on Saturday. — PTI boxer. He was strong.” major player in the compet- — AFP pray for the best.” — AFP metres at the London Anniversary Games on Saturday. In a thrilling battle at the Diamond League event, Ethiopia’s Hagos Gebrhiwet BCCI didn’t clear the air on MS future and Shaw’s fitness held off a charging Ingebrigtsen during the final lap to squeeze home by just he officials of the Lieutenant Colonel. In the pre-Dhoni era, one ible Gundappa Viswanath lose the gains they had 0.17sec. Ingebrigtsen, who won Board of Control It is 2019, the Supreme can recall two seasons and the master, Sunil made from 1983 till 1986. European gold over 1500m and for Cricket in India Court has virtually dis- when the wise men of yore Gavaskar broke through Whatever the results of 5000m last year, ran 13:02.03 — T(BCCI) love to set banded the BCCI and put it Hemant disrupted the fabric of the into the team, a few play- these experiments, both a new national record. the cat among the pigeons. under the command of a team. The first was from ing at the highest level for Merchant and Dungarpur Gebrhiwet, who has run the Never ever will they come Committee of Kenkre 1969 to 1971 when former many years. were men of stature, third-fastest time so far this clean with details that the Administrators (CoA). great Vijay Merchant The second disruption, respected immensely by year over the distance, admit- media and countless There are professionals Silly Point brought in young talent happened in 1989 when Raj their peers and the players. ted he had been pushed hard Indian cricket fans are now who run the organisa- when India faced Singh Dungarpur, as the Once gain, Indian cricket by the confident 18-year-old. interested in. Two recent tion but the approach and Australia, New Zealand in head of the selection com- is poised at a crucial junc- “I’m in my own bubble before cases; one involving a bat- attitude remains the same - et keeper, Wriddhiman cricket now. It is hoped home series’ and went on mittee, surprised all and ture. For Prasad and Co., the race and also in the race,” tle scarred veteran and the avoid transparency, push Saha who has been out of that the team picked by to tour the Caribbean. The appointed Mohammed this is their chance to said Ingebrigtsen. “I don’t con- other pertaining to a prom- out stories unofficially and the field of cricket since Prasad and Co., will rise to Chairman gave his casting Azharuddin as the captain prove their mettle and sider anyone better than me ising youngster, have been fuel speculation. his injury two seasons ago. the challenge of taking vote to as of the team to tour New come up with a winning until it’s proven. “I wanted to quietly put in public The other case involves There was no clarity in Indian cricket to a higher, skipper for that tour, Zealand. Worthies includ- combination that can take run faster. It’s a great race for domain by BCCI ‘sources’. young Prithvi Shaw who terms of his fitness to play better level. replacing Mansur Ali ing Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricket to new me and also to be able to com- Reports flew in about the made a dream debut last at the highest level till sec- So far, the team in all Khan who had been the Dilip Vengsarkar, K. heights in the coming pete against the very best. future of the country’s year and is currently tions of the media posed three formats - Test crick- leader since 1962. Srikkanth and Ravi decade. Commentators of (Hagos) is a fast guy and really most experienced crick- struggling with a hip questions to the BCCI. et, One Days (ODI) and Calling it the new era of Shastri were given the cold the game have pointed out experienced but I’m new to the eter and two time World injury that he sustained With Rishab Pant and Twenty20 (T20) has had, cricket, Merchant — shoulder in an operation that their decisions while game at this level. Hopefully I’ll Cup winning captain, while playing the Mumbai Saha in the mix, it will be virtually, the same set of known as a technician akin to a bloodless coup. picking the squad for the be running even faster in the Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Premier League this May. interesting to see who the cricketers wearing India supreme — discarded Results of both these recently concluded World future.” Ingebrigtsen down- Sources, as always, had His fitness status did not selectors pick when they colours for the past five- renowned names like reconstructions were dif- Cup left a lot to be desired. played his chances of winning a indicated that MS, as he’s come officially from the meet a few hours after this odd years. Newcomers Chandu Borde, Bapu ferent. While Merchant’s It is sad that people are gold medal at the world cham- popularly known, has BCCI but during an inter- piece is written. have been blooded into the Nadkarni, etc., and gave 1971 changes worked picking on MS Dhoni as pionships in Doha, which begin decided to pull out of the action he had with the The Chairman of the side on a need basis and Test caps to a generation of rather well for Indian the prime reason for in late September. “I’m still 18 Windies tour and spend media on the sidelines of selection committee, MSK regulars have been holding new talent. Players like cricket, Dungarpur’s oper- India’s loss. A complete and Doha will be my first world some time with the para- an event his employer had Prasad and his team have on to their positions as a Eknath Solkar, Chetan ation, which he termed as disrespect for one who has championship. I’m on my way military regiment where organised. the opportunity to sow the matter of right, barring Chauhan, Ashok Mankad, “creating the team of the brought laurels to the upwards,” he said. — AFP he’s an honorary Just like the case of wick- seeds of change in Indian injuries and lack of form. Ambar Roy, the irrepress- 90s,” saw the Indian team nation on the field. Touch Wood! PAGE England paceman Mark Wood has set his sights on recovering from injury in time to Cricket 15 play a role in the Ashes against Australia DECCAN CHRONICLE MONDAY | 22 JULY 2019 | HYDERABAD Pacer Navdeep Saini who was named as one of the five standbys for the World Cup impressed the selectors with his IPL performance I don’t think it’s fair to have a result like FUTURISTIC that when there’s ■ very little between With an eye on future, selectors the sides. pack teams with youngsters — Eoin Morgan is still struggling to make sense of the Cup end IRFAN HAJI I DC FOR 3 T20IS Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit MUMBAI, JULY 21 Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar SHORT TAKES Indian selectors have Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish blooded youngsters for the Pandey, Rishabh Pant (Wicket-keeper), Krunal upcoming West Indies Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Pak Board mulls tour following the shock Rahul Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel exit from the World Cup. Ahmed, Deepak Chahar, Navdeep Saini split captaincy Wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik who FOR 3 ODIS Virat Kohli (Captain), Rohit Karachi: Pakistan could have played just two innings in separate captains and head the World Cup has been Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar coaches for Test and limited axed from the limited- Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish overs cricket following its overs side, while Pandey, Rishabh Pant (Wicket-keeper), failure to qualify for the Mahendra Singh Dhoni Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra World Cup semifinals in has opted out of the entire Chahal, Kedar Jadhav, Mohammed Shami, England. West Indies tour, starting Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Navdeep A well-placed on August 3. source in the Team India are sched- Saini Pakistan uled to play three T20Is, FOR TWO TESTS Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Cricket three ODIs and two Tests. Board told The series will start on Rahane (vice-captain), PTI that August 3 with Twenty20 Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, when the game at Fort Lauderdale Hanuma Vihari, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant Cricket in Florida and conclude (Wicket-keeper), Wriddhiman Saha (Wicket- Committee with second Test in keeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, meets later Jamaica. Kuldeep Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed this month, a Hardik Pandya who has proposal to split been grappling with groin Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav the captaincy and issues has been “rested” coaching for the for the entire tour to for India A. The duo is wicket keeper batsman different formats “manage his workload”. likely to be considered for Wriddhiman Saha. The would be up for Pace spearhead Jasprit the vacant No 4 spot. Vijay Bengal wicket keeper India captain Virat Kohli arrives for a selection discussion. "Since Bumrah has been also Shankar was the selectors underwent a shoulder sur- committee meeting at Mumbai on Sunday. — AFP Pakistan has to play eight rested for T20Is and ODIs No. 4 pick for the World gery to recover from an Tests of the World Test to pave the way for young- Cup but he hasn’t fully injury sustained during Championship against Sri ster Navdeep Saini. He recovered from the toe the 2018 IPL and has Lanka, Australia, Bangladesh will, though, play in Tests injury sustained during recovered fully. and England before the T20 along with Mohammed the quadrennial event and He will give competition No bias against World Cup in Australia next Shami, Ishant Sharma isn’t part of the Indian to Rishabh Pant who has year, the PCB is pretty con- and Umesh Yadav. squad across all formats. sealed his Test spot for cerned about how to improve Rookie leg-spinner Senior opener Shikhar now due to overseas hun- performance of the team in Rahul Chahar has been Dhawan made a comeback dreds against England Rayudu: MSK Tests," the source said. Pakistan picked for the first time to to India’s limited overs and Australia. will be playing only three ODIs join his sibling Deepak squad after recovering Pant is part of all three DC CORRESPONDENT but 10 T20s before the T20 Chahar in the T20 squad. from a thumb fracture he formats for the West MUMBAI, JULY 21 Asia Cup and T20 World Cup Rajasthan’s Rahul had a sustained during the Indies tour. next year, prompting PCB to good domestic season and World Cup. But he has Contrary to specula- Chairman of selectors consider separate captains and played a crucial role in been ignored again for tions, Virat Kohli will tour MSK Prasad praised coaches for red and white-ball Mumbai Indians’ fourth Tests. Mumbai batsman West Indies and will Ambati Rayudu’s sarcas- cricket," he said. Indian Premier League Prithvi Shaw, who made remain the skipper in all tic ‘3D Tweet’ after he was He said PCB Managing triumph earlier this year. his International debut three formats. Rohit will ignored for the World Cup Director Wasim Khan met with He will form spin attack against West Indies last remain his deputy in ODIs squad. Months before the Wasim Akram, who is a mem- in shortest format with year, is yet to recover from and T20Is and Ajinkya World Cup, Rayudu was ber of the Cricket Committee, Krunal Pandya and hip injury prompting Rahane will remain vice considered a solution to in London earlier this month. Washington Sundar. selectors to show faith in captain in Tests. India’s No. 4 woes but in The former captain and fast Manish Pandey and new opening Test pair of Kedar Jadhav has the end the spot was bowler had advised the MD that Shreyas Iyer make a KL Rahul and Mayank retained his place in the handed to Vijay Shankar the board should retain comeback into the limited Agarwal. Rohit Sharma ODI squad despite facing who batted just a couple Sarfaraz and Mickey Arthur for overs squad through their also makes a comeback to criticism during the of times at that position the limited overs cricket until consistent performances the Test squad so does World Cup. in the World Cup. the T20 World Cup. "But the Rayudu had taken a dig board is now considering the at the selectors when the option of having separate cap- team for the World Cup tains and head coaches for Test UNCAPPED RECALLED DROPPED was announced. “Just and limited overs cricket with ordered a new set of 3D the support staff i.e manager, The T20I and ODI Middle-order Dinesh glasses to watch the world When Karthik, who bowling coach, batting coach, squads include a pair of batsmen Shreyas cup,” Rayudu had tweet- Rayudu trainer, fielding coach, physio- uncapped players, Delhi Iyer and Manish was India’s ed. Prasad had said that therapist remaining the same Shankar was a “three failed the fast bowler Navdeep Pandey, and left- reserve for all formats." wicketkeep- dimensional” player. fitness test (before Pakistan are presently sixth in Saini and Rajasthan arm seamer Khaleel Prasad on Sunday chose the ODI rankings and number leg-spinner Ahmed were also recalled er at the to take it in a lighter vain. England away one in T20s. Rahul to the ODI squad, while World Cup, “It was a lovely tweet. ODIs), this selection — PTI missed out of both Chahar. pace bowler Deepak Very timely one. I really committee backed Chahar and limited-overs enjoyed the tweet. It was allrounder squads. fantastic. I don’t know him. MSD request gets how it struck him,” Washington Sundar Prasad quipped. — MSK PRASAD, Army approval made their way Prasad also ruled out chief selector back into the T20I any bias in team selec- New Delhi: Army Chief squad. tion. “With regards to him and we put him General Bipin Rawat approved the decision taken, it through a fitness pro- former Indian cricket team cap- has been completely gramme for a month, tain MS Dhoni's request to train devoid of any bias or any ensured that he gets fit with the Parachute regiment for favouritism into why we and comes into the side. two months, top Army sources have picked Once he came into the said on Sunday. Shankar, Pant or side, we backed him but The wicket-keeper batsman Dhoni knows when to retire: MSK Mayank Agarwal due to certain permuta- had requested the Indian Army also,” Prasad tions and combinations in to allow him to train with a ter- DC CORRESPONDENT while batting in recent retirement would be after Dhoni’s Test retire- said. the side, we couldn’t pick ritorial army battalion of the MUMBAI, JULY 21 times and his lack of Dhoni’s individual deci- ment in December 2014. Prasad recalled him,” the former stumper Parachute regiment for two intent during the course of sion. Prasad also revealed that selection said in his defense. months. “The request has now Mahendra Singh Dhoni the World Cup especially “A legendary cricketer that KS Bharat was panel had sup- On injury replacements, been approved by the Indian may not have announced against England in the like Dhoni, he knows close to a Test call-up. ported Rayudu Prasad said: “the team Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat his retirement from limit- league game and against when to retire. First of all “It is a norm that when he failed management requested and the honorary Lt Col would ed-overs cricket yet, but it New Zealand in the semi- he is not available. when a senior or the fitness for a left-hander and we train with the Parachute regi- seems the BCCI selectors final affected his finisher Second, we have already established player test. “There had no other choice than ment battalion,” top Army have started looking image. started grooming young- makes a comeback was a lot of Pant (after opener sources said. beyond him. Dhoni has The emergence of sters. Post World Cup, we from injury, he is criticism wh- Dhawan got injured). The wicketkeeper-batsman skipped the entire West Rishabh Pant and other have laid down a few more given a chance in the en we picked “When Agarwal came would now train with the Indies tour to take a two- available young talent in plans and we thought of team. So that’s how we him on the in, it was more about hav- Parachute regiment, a part of month break to serve his KS Bharat, Sanju Samson, giving as many opportuni- have given a comeback basis of 17-18 ing a cover for KL Rahul, which is expected to take place regiment in the paramili- Ishan Kishan are consid- ties as possible to Pant and opportunity to T20s (2018 IPL) but who had suffered an on- in Jammu and Kashmir, sources tary forces. ered as possible replace- to see, he is groomed. That Wriddhiman Saha. But, I we had some field injury during the said. The Army, however, will Selectors on Sunday ments to Dhoni. is our plan right now and can tell with the stellar thoughts about him England game in not allow Dhoni, who holds an made it clear that they While they sent a clear we did discuss this with performances that KS subsequently. When Birmingham,” he added honorary post of Lieutenant want to groom his poten- message by dropping him (Dhoni),” Prasad said. Bharat has been doing in he failed the fitness while revealing that team Colonel in the Territorial Army, tial successor Rishabh Dinesh Karthik from lim- Pant grabbed the spot in India A. He was very close (yo yo) test (before management which had to be part of any active opera- Pant. ited-overs squad, chair- Tests after Wriddhiman to making the cut in England away asked for an opener to tion, sources mentioned. Dhoni has been criti- man of selectors MSK Saha got injured last year. longer format,” Prasad ODIs), this selection replace Shankar (a mid- — ANI cised for low strike rate Prasad said the call on Saha was the first choice said. committee backed dle-order batsman). I made error but won’t regret decision, says Dharmasena Colombo, July 21: It inconclusive and eventually The TV replays showed I did consult the leg umpire ‘Overthrow or wilful act of being fielded, how it was indeed was a judgement hosts England were that Adil Rashid and Stokes I agree through the communication fielder’, states: “If the handled by the fielder and error to award six runs to declared champions on bet- had not completed the sec- system which is heard by all boundary results from an whether the batsmen com- England from an overthrow ter boundary count, leaving ond run when Guptill that other umpires and the overthrow or from the wil- pleted the second run. And in the World Cup final New Zealand players in dis- released the ball from the there match referee. And, while ful act of a fielder, the runs where the throw would admitted umpire Kumar belief. deep. Dharmasena, who was a judgment they cannot check TV scored shall be any runs for come from, the striker’s end Dharmasena but the Sri “It’s easy for people to was standing as head replays, they all confirmed penalties awarded to either or non-striker’s end.” Lankan will never “regret” comment after seeing TV umpire, consulted leg error. But we did that the batsmen have com- side, and the allowance for “In this case, we were all the decision. replays,” Dharmasena told umpire Marais Erasmus not have the luxury pleted the run. This is when the boundary, and the runs happy that the batsmen had Dharmasena had sig- Sunday Times. “I agree that and added six runs to the I made my decision,” he completed by the batsmen, completed the second run nalled to add six runs to there was a judgment error England total following the of TV replays. said. together with the run in because the ball ricocheted England’s total, instead of when I see it on TV replays incident — four runs for the — KUMAR Former international progress if they had off Stokes’s bat at the time five, when Martin Guptill’s now. But we did not have the ball reaching the boundary umpires Simon Taufel and already crossed at the of him completing the sec- throw from the deep raced luxury of TV replays at the plus two for running DHARMASENA K Hariharan had also come instant of the throw or act.” ond run. So, we assumed to the boundary ropes after ground and I will never between the wicket. out and said the officials “One must understand that they had crossed each being deflected of a diving regret the decision I made. England needed nine from The 48-year-old added that incident. “There is no provi- standing in the World Cup that there were too many other at the time of fielder ben Stokes’ bat. The match Besides, the ICC praised me the final three balls. This according to the law, there sion in the law to refer this final erred by awarding six things on our plate. We had releasing the ball,” was stretched to a Super for the decision I made at changed to three off two was no provision to consult to the third umpire as no runs. Law 19.8 of the ICC to watch the batsmen com- Dharmasena said. Over which also remained that time.” balls. the third umpire on the dismissal was involved. So, rules, pertaining to plete the first run, the ball — PTI Record deal PAGE Premier League newcomers Sheffield United break club transfer record to sign France Games 16 U-21 striker Lys Mousset from Bournemouth DECCAN CHRONICLE MONDAY | 22 JULY 2019 | HYDERABAD Lowry in fast lane It’s probably one of the best goals of ■ Shane opens up my career. — Harry Kane, Tottenham star 6-shot lead early Hima Das striker after scoring against Juventus in a friendly in Open final round SHORT TAKES Portrush (United were washed away Kingdom), July 21: early on. Ireland’s Shane Lowry Four consecutive Junior paddlers withstood howling gales bogeys on one, two, three and a bogey at the first to and four realistically Dhing Express in quarterfinals stretch his lead of the ended his challenge for a British Open to six shots first Open Championship. New Delhi: India set up a quar- through 10 holes and The American recov- ter-final clash with Indonesia move closer to his first ered with eagle at the fifth despite losing their last group major victory on Sunday. to turn at seven-under on golden run match to Korea at the Roared on by huge alongside Rickie Fowler Badminton Asia Junior crowds despite the and Danny Willett. Nove Mesto (Czech ● Sprinter Hima Das Championships 2019 (Mixed inclement weather at Scotland’s Bob Republic), July 21: Indian Team Event) in Suzhou, China Royal Portrush, Lowry MacIntyre and sprinter Hima Das extend- wins a fifth gold on Sunday. had a nervy start but cru- Englishman Tyrrell ed her sensational run by medal since July 2 Maisnam Meiraba’s great effort cially holed a tricky putt Hatton set the clubhouse claiming her fifth gold of when she ran her was the silver lining of the day to avoid dropping two lead also at five-under. the month as she returned first competitive for the Indian contingent in shots at the opening hole. On Day Three, Lowry to her pet 400m competi- their 1-4 loss but by finishing The 32-year-old then said it had been “the most tion with a season-best race in Europe. second to Korea in Group C, streaked further clear incredible day” after fir- time of 52.09 seconds here. they made it to the last-eight. with three birdies in four ing a stunning eight- The timing on Saturday in Poland, on July 7 with a On the first day of the conti- holes between four and under-par 63 on Saturday slower than her personal time of 23.97. nental event, India blanked eight to move to 18-under. to take a four-shot lead best of 50.79 seconds, On July 13, she won her both Mongolia and Macau But two bogeys at eight over Fleetwood. which she managed at the third 200m gold at the China by an identical score of and nine slowed Lowry’s The 32-year-old delight- Jakarta Asian Games and Kladno Athletics Meet in 5-0. charge towards the Claret ed the thousands of fans she also narrowly missed Czech Republic with a time Manipur’s Meiraba had been in Jug and gave his closest following him around the out on the World of 23.43 while her fourth sterling form of late and he challenger Tommy course in the first Open to Championships qualifying gold came at the Tabor even won his first international Fleetwood an outside be held in Northern mark of 51.80. Athletics Meet in the same tournament at the White Night chance with rain ham- Ireland since 1951, pour- However, it was better country on Wednesday. Russian Junior International mering down on ing in eight birdies in his than the timing of 52.88, It was the first competi- earlier this month. Meiraba Northern Ireland’s north bogey-free third round, which she managed earlier tion in 400m for the 19-year- refused to give up and fought Atlantic coast. the best of the champi- in the season. It was old from Assam, fondly for 1 hour 32 minutes to subdue Fleetwood is two-over onship. His 16-under over- Hima’s fifth gold medal called the ‘Dhing Express’, Korea’s Hyeon Seung Park. for his round after miss- all total of 197 is the low- since July 2 when she ran since she struggled to fin- While that was the solitary win ing a number of key putts est after 54 holes in her first competitive race ish the Asian Athletics of the day for Team India, there to put the pressure on his British Open history. in Europe. Championship in April were encouraging performanc- playing partner. In her first competitive this year because of a back SHARMA SHOOTS BEST es from others. — Agencies However, it looks set to 200m race of the year, she issue. Meanwhile, M.P. ROUND AT MAJORS be a shootout between clocked 23.65 on her way to Jabir also won a gold in the those two for a first ever Shubhankar Sharma gold at the Poznan 400-metre hurdles race, major with the terrible sunk a 45-foot birdie on Athletics Grand Prix in clocking 49.66 but conditions hampering the the final hole to savour a Poland on July 2. Mohammad Anas settled chasing pack’s chance to career-best round of 68 at After that, she won her for a third-place finish in post a challenging score. the Majors, putting him in second 200m gold at the the 200m with a timing of Lee Westwood is on sight of a top-50 finish. Kutno Athletics Meet, also 20.95 seconds. — PTI course for his 10th top- Making his 23rd birth- three finish in a major day memorable, without ever winning one Shubankar hit six birdies, as the Englishman stands three of them on last six INDONESIA OPEN Nikhat Zareen at eight-under after 12. holes, including the dan- World number one gerous 16th, also called Nikhat advances Brooks Koepka was hop- ‘Calamity’. ing for the wind to blow Sharma carded in Lowry off course, but it 70, 72, 77 and 68 for a was the four-time major total of three-over 287. New Delhi: Former junior world champion whose chances — Agencies champion Nikhat Zareen (51kg) on Sunday advanced to the Ireland’s second round of the Thailand Shane Lowry in Open International boxing tour- action during the nament with a comfortable fourth round of the opening win in Bangkok. British Open Golf The boxer from Hyderabad pre- Championships at vailed 5-0 over New Zealand’s Royal Portrush in Tasmyn Benny in the first round Ireland on Sunday. of the tournament. — AFP However, former youth world champion Shashi Chopra (60kg) bowed out of the com- petition early. The Haryana-boxer went down to local favourite Sudaporn PRE-SEASON FRIENDLIES THALAIVAS RULE Seesondee in her opening clash, making it a mixed day for India. — PTI OVER TITANS IN Kane stunner earns Spurs win PRO KABADDI SATHIYAN, Singapore, July 21: a substitute. Saturday with a brace Munich on Wednesday, Harry Kane scored a Kane and Higuain both that boosted Arsenal to a picked up right where he Hyderabad, July 21: stunning 93rd minute squandered good chances 3-0 win over Fiorentina in left off with goals in the Manjeet Chhillar and Runner-up P. V. Sindhu (left) and winner Akane ARCHANA WIN winner from the halfway to score winning goals in a pre-season friendly in 15th and 66th minutes. Rahul Chaudhry pro- Yamaguchi of Japan pose on the podium following their line as Tottenham the final 10 minutes North Carolina. Joseph Willock added duced the goods as Tamil women's singles final at the Indonesia Open badminton MIXED GOLD Hotspur edged Juventus before the England strik- The 20-year-old striker, an exclamation point Thalaivas notched up a tournament in Jakarta on Sunday. — AFP 3-2 in an entertaining pre- er prevented the contest who fired the game-win- with a goal to make it 3-0 39-26 win over Telugu Cuttack: India added another season friendly in going to a penalty ner two in the 89th. Titans in the first south- golden chapter to the 21st Singapore on Sunday. shootout with the most minutes In Houston, Bayern ern derby of the Pro Commonwealth Table The England captain brilliant of strikes. from Munich spoiled Eden Kabaddi League Season 7 Championships when their latched onto Lucas NKETIAH STRIKES time in a Hazard’s Real Madrid here on Sunday. Anxious Sindhu mixed doubles pair of G. Moura’s short pass and AGAIN FOR ARSENAL win over debut, downing the Manjeet with a high five Sathiyan and Archana Kamath launched a first-time shot Bayern Spanish giants 3-1 in a and Rahul with a super 10 defeated Singapore’s Peng Yu high over a scrambling Youngster Edward friendly despite goalkeep- were the chief architects En Koen and Goi Rui Xuan 3-0 substitute Wojciech Nketiah made it three er Sven Ulreich’s sending of the Thalaivas’ victory. in the final here on Sunday. Szczesny in the Juventus goals in two matches on off. — AFP Rahul proved to be the again bites dust The gold count, on the penulti- goal as Spurs rallied past nemesis for his old side as mate day of the championships, new manager Maurizio he showed immense Jakarta, July 21: P. V. ● Playing her first Tottenham’s stood at three. Sarri’s Italian champions strength to power Sindhu’s hopes of break- final of the season, This had, in a way, avenged the in front of a delighted Harry Kane through the Titans’ ing a seven-month title earlier loss of A. Sharath Kamal National Stadium crowd. (right) is con- defence throughout the drought came crashing Sindhu looked a bit and Sreeja Akula in the semifi- “It’s probably one of the gratulated by match. down as the Indian lost in anxious and failed to nal by the same Singaporean best goals of my career. I teammates after On the other hand, straight games to Akane match the brilliance pair as well as the defeat of noticed the keeper was scoring during Siddharth Desai had a Yamaguchi in the finals of Sharath in men’s singles quar- often off of his line and the International quiet match by his stan- Indonesia Open BWF Tour of the 22-year-old terfinals by Peng. thought if I get a chance Champions Cup dards and could score just Super 1000 tournament Yamaguchi, whom The Indian pair was on top in to shoot I will, and it just match against five raid points. here on Sunday. she had beaten in the final as they piled on the went in,” Kane said in a Juventus in Rahul opened Tamil Seven months after agony of their rivals, particular- post-match interview. Thalaivas’ account in the becoming the first Indian their last four meet- Singapore on ings. ly on a tired Peng who could A youthful Spurs domi- Sunday. — AFP first minute itself, while to win the season-ending not cope with the pressure nated the first half as Telugu Titans forced a BWF World Tour Finals in applied by the top-seeded duo. Juventus struggled to super tackle in the fourth December, Olympic silver But the second-seeded Sharath adapt to their new manag- minute to trail 3-4. medallist Sindhu had an overall, I think it was a Kamal squandered three match er’s “Sarri-ball” tactic of It took six minutes for opportunity to finally lay good tournament for me points and then the quarterfinal playing out from the back Siddharth to open his her hands on another and I hope I can take the match, shattering his men sin- with short, quick passes. account for the Titans. It crown only to squander, confidence going forward. gles medal hope. Instead of moving looked like an evenly- losing 15-21, 16-21 to the Next I am playing Japan The other Indians that made the ball forward, matched contest in the Japanese in a lop-sided and I hope to do well the grade included top-seeded Juventus often found first 10 minutes as Telugu summit clash that lasted 51 there.” G. Sathiyan, who beat Nigerian themselves defending Titans led 7-6. minutes here. This was Sindhu’s fifth Bode Abiodun 4-0 and desperately after But Shabeer Bapu Playing her first final of loss to Yamaguchi in 15 Harmeet Desai who defeated being caught in pos- turned the tide in favour the season, Sindhu looked meetings. The last time the fellow Indian Sushmit Sriram 4-1 session as Spurs of Thalaivas first with a a bit anxious and failed to Indian lost to the Japanese in the quarters. pressed high up the super tackle and then match the brilliance of the was at the semifinals of the — PTI pitch with the with a two-point raid. 22-year-old Yamaguchi, All England Championship Premier League side Rahul got a two-point whom she had beaten in last year. going on to take a raid and in the 16th the last four meetings. The defeat added to deserved lead on the half- minute, the Titans inflict- “She played really well Sindhu’s list of runners-up Regd. No. H/SD/509/2018-20 hour mark. ed an all out to lead 16-7. and there were long rallies. finishes, which include sil- Printed and Published by Spurs were level five Ajay Thakur then pro- I was leading in the first vers at the World T. Venkateswarlu on behalf of Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited. minutes later, however, duced a super raid in the game by 2-3 points but I Championships, Asian Printed at Deccan Chronicle Press when Champions League 18th minute as Titans led made a few mistakes and Games, Commonwealth situated at Plot No. 9 Alwal Village, semi-final hero Lucas 19-8. then she finished it off. If I Games, Thailand Open and Vallabh Nagar Taluk, Medchal fired home record signing At the end of the first could have won the first India Open last year. Malkajgiri Dist. Telangana and Tanguy Ndombele’s low half, Tamil Thalaivas led game, it could have been a It was Yamaguchi’s third Published at 36, S.D. Road, Secunderabad-3. cross, the French mid- 20-10 and their defence bit different,” Sindhu said. title of the season after RNI Registration No. 3081/1957. fielder finding the showed strength and “In the second I gave her claiming crowns at Editor: A.T. Jayanti Brazilian with his first toughness to contain a huge lead like 5-6 points German Open and Asian touch after coming on as Siddharth. — Agencies and was left to cover it. But Championship. — PTI